89 8.0 onan diesel gen set, hard to start

[Gary Miller]

Ed,

Are you warming the glow plugs by holding the stop button for a few
seconds? You should hear the fuel pump running while doing this
(tick-tick-tick...).

Gary Miller
83 FC 33 Powertech diesel(kubota) genny
Milwaukee area

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Gardels"
wrote:
>
> Has been hard to start ever since I bought it , over a year ago. It
> cranks great, but wont fire now. I replaced the fuel filter several
> months ago to eliminate it.The tank is full of fuel and the fuel
> solinoid energizes when start button pressed.I loosened the bleed
nut
> on the top of the filter and fuel squirts out in a steady stream
when
> I crank it. I then loosened the rear(3 cyl)injector on top and fuel
> just drizzels out when cranked.
> How should the fuel squirt out when a connection is loosened? I
> tried it from all four locations of start buttons. Tom said I could
> have an air leak but how can you tell? I have no place where fuel
> leaks out...
> Anybody else ever had this problem and what was the fix..
frustrated
> this has been going on forever....
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
> Ed Gardels 89sp
> Arlington, Texas getting cooler!!
>