T&T: Diesel Engine problem

[Scott H.E. Welch]

Jake2124 at aol.com writes:
>The actual problem is that engine starts immediately, then  immediately
>dies. Then I crank it for maybe 5 to 10 seconds, and 
> it  starts runs perfectly all day. While running there is no speed
>variation or  any such thing. Just runs perfectly as always. It seems like
>it starts and then  immediately runs out of fuel, then with some cranking,
>gets fuel again and stays  fine all day. 

I know this is a bit of a leap, but did you by any chance take on new fuel?
My daily commuting car is a VW Golf TDI, and after taking on a full tank of
diesel in Buffalo, I experienced absolutely identical symptoms. After the
next tankful, things were back to normal. I don't believe that there was any
water in the fuel, the filter would have caught that. I know that there is
quite a number of formulation changes going on with low sulfur diesel, and I
assume that may have had something to do with it.

Scott Welch
FirstClass Product Manager
www.firstclass.com

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