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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike10" data-source="post: 44850" data-attributes="member: 5461">Your glow plugs are not working.  You need the glow plugs in the winter and summer for the engine to start.   When you turn the key to the on position you should hear a click from the engine compartment.  This is the glow plug relay kicking in.  Is your instrument panel doing the countdown for the glow plugs when you turn the key on?You can put a test light on the wire that attaches to the glow plug bus bar at the back of the engine.  Have someone turn the key on and see if you have power there.The glow plug relay is the below the engine fuse panel.  You will see two relays covered by plastic covers.  The glow plug relay is the one closest to the engine.If you have power to the glow plugs then you will need to remove the glow plugs and check them.  You can either use an ohm meter or you can connect a power and ground wire to each one and see if they heat up.  Attach the 12+ to the end of the plug the bus bar was attached to and the ground wire to the housing that was screwed into the head.  They heat up fast so be prepared to remove the power source to keep from burning them up and be careful you do not get burned.</blockquote>