[Vwpickups] A2 glow plug !@#$! - firewall fuse?

[decker at toledotel.com]

It's time to get a compression tester. Untill one knows the compression one
is working blind.
Brian Decker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mathew Banack" <jiggseob at hotmail.com>
To: <vwpickups at neubayern.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 6:12 PM
Subject: RE: [Vwpickups] A2 glow plug !@#$! - firewall fuse?



I got some help, hald a booster cable from the battery post to the #1 glow
plug for the right amount of time, then cranked  - still no-start.  Lotsa
smoke though.



Something else is a problem.  It kinda kicks over, almost starting, but not.
Would air in the fuel do that?  I would think air in the fuel would give a
no-smoke no-fuel thing.  There's enough smoke - black and stinky - to bring
the neighbour out of his house bearing a fire extinguisher.  I had the
battery on the charger for two days, and the block heater plugged in, the
head was warm to the touch.  It shoulda started without glow.



Further investigation.  I found a 1/4 can of ether startig fluid, left under
the leaf-tray by the previous owner.  3/4 can of ether is enough to toast an
engine....



I wish I had a method of checking compression.  Any ideas?



Thanks,

Jiggs.