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If you have the ability to easily check the compression (eg, glow plugs come out and you can quickly borrow/fabricate an adapter and gauge) do so. Otherwise, I'd check: 1. valve lash (can equal low cranking compression) 2. injector timing 3. injection pump shot when cranking (remove an...

First, if you want starting fluid, use something safer than ether - it's not kind to these engines. Used to be WD-40 was a good choice, but I don't know what works well these days. Second, if you can't get a diesel to start and you know the glow plugs are getting hot, then your problems are...

The brown residue is usually biological residue from microbes eating the fuel. The little bugs seem to like certain surfaces and environments more than others...