teitel39
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Car has the intake boot off of it at the intake, the previous owner, a mechanic told me it was using big oil wouldn't start unless he removed the intake boot. 226,000 miles on it nice rust free car, manual trans. So these guys tell me it ran fine after the egr delete install. I don't know about the ECU software.They literally had a lot of cars didn't want to mess with the turbo. I removed the turbo the shaft had about an 1/8" of wiggle some fins were abit bent none missing, the waste gate shaft would not move, cleaned the intake really wasn't bad tho, checked all duct work for nasty stuff removed and checked the intercooler. Didn't find any debris did drain about a 1/4 cup of oil from charge cooler. so got the best turbo with 3yr/36,000 warranty Rock auto, Garret stock replacement/direct fit, (used the original turbo part # to cross reference)STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS TBC518 new oil and all the filters. The engine cranked normally before disassembly but wouldn't fire. The ambient temp in my shop is 55F. I got everything reinstalled disconnected the pump at the fuel tank to crank the engine until oil was exiting the turbo drain tube. During this process I had to release the key 3 times after cranking for 5-6 seconds the motor was trying to fire, I'm thinking hmm good sign. So I reconnected the pump and the oil drain tube and it fired up ran like 2-3 cylinders noisy like air in fuel lines lots of black smoke wouldn't accelerate, check engine light on , glow plug light flashing let run about 25 seconds. I don't think the boost gauge read anything. The shop smoke was getting thick it wasn't clearing up so I shut it off. Now cranks easy wont hit a lick. Tried cranking like 10 seconds -Nothing. I was a dealership tech in 1984 thru 1990. knowing how these things are I pulled the ECU to visually inspect for issues found none cleaned the mass ground by the ECU. The harness is factory intact no TSB #TSB 201046. Vin # is 9BWFRC1J944031925 manufacture date 03/04. I would like to get it to drive to the dealer if there are any open recalls. My experience is all the old diesels, some of you have I hope a better direction for my focus in my next session with this car I'm away from it until next week. Thanx in advance!