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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 17681" data-attributes="member: 307">As Mike said go easy with either/starting fluid (same stuff)  But that is a ok way to verify some compression exist as the motor can be run on it (for a few seconds) If you remove the drive belt to the pumps and turn the engine with a wrench, you should be able to feel the resistance of the compression and hear some of the air escaping into the crankcase, if it will suck you hand into the intake thats a pretty good sign the basics are ok.It may have a dead injection pump too, but for some reason no fuel is getting into the engine or you would have smoke while cranking. So start with the basics and work from there.Diesel is not that much different then gas engines, no spark system, just a well timed mist of fuel to light the fire.Ken</blockquote>