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EDIT, what I meant to say is the cold start feature only effects engines with emissions controls, they retarded the timing on emission controlled vehicles to the point they have trouble starting when cold.
When the solenoid is active it causes the timing to advance, all this has nothing to do with the check valve in the fitting and only effects emmisions, Stanadyne IPs before emission controls did not have the cold advance feature and none of the off road (tractor) IPs have this feature.
But if...
I would work with it quite a bit more before removing the IP, if it runs at any time correctly then at most you have something "sticking"
Question at any time did you have a very filthy fuel filter? If so there is a screen in the fuel input fitting to the IP that could be plugged, it has...
That does not sound like a typical IP issue, more like a plugged return or fuel starvation.(although I am not always right!)
Did you pop the fuel cap off to see if it had built a vacuum?
I use the Stanadyne (lubricity) stuff on the Detroit, I figure they know what the IP they build needs and it's cheaper.
On the Dmax I use Lucas
BTW if the plungers were damaged from lack of lubricity adding lube would at best be a temp. fix.
The best way to judge what condition the plungers are...
It could be a plugged return, this will starve the engine for fuel, pull the return check valve (fitting in top of the IP) and make sure none of that plastic got jammed in there.
Just doing some "semi annual" maint. before heading down to S. Padre Island for some spring break fun.
I went ahead and tossed a tire mount on the DuraVee, not having even bead locks in those Petlas tires means even a "simple" flat can cause allot of trouble.
I usually just toss the spare in the...
You need to troubleshoot the problem, the first question I would ask is if the heater motor is working?
The heater gets its power from the same relay that excites the alternator.
In any case you also need to check and make sure you have 24V going to the IGN terminal on the regulator.
It does...
Pull the glow plugs and see if you have a hydro-locked cylinder, also only turn an engine in the normal direction, that would be trying to tighten the harmonic balancer.
I would be shocked if a 2 year old Odyssey was bad unless it sat dead for a long time.
Did you inspect the teeth all the way around the flex plate?
There should be 4 "tight" spots per crank revolution, if you have a tight spot in only one place EVERY revolution something seems wrong.