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Old 04-29-2009, 12:53 AM
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cars has been sitting for about 6 montsh with only starting about once every 2-3 weeks, tryed to start tonight, car was fighting me to start then it turned over and ran for a sec and cut off tryed again and after about 5 min of trying it just began to turn over not even wanting to crank>>>>???
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Old 04-29-2009, 12:57 AM
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im wondering if i flooded it i was pedaling the car to keep it running at first and kept pedaling to try to get it to crank
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Old 04-29-2009, 01:38 AM
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Do you have spark?...
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Old 04-29-2009, 01:46 AM
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yes, excellent
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Old 04-29-2009, 09:11 AM
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never pedal a fuel injected car..

i say old gas finally caught up with ya
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Old 04-29-2009, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by fishermanjesse
im wondering if i flooded it i was pedaling the car to keep it running at first and kept pedaling to try to get it to crank
IF IT'S FLOODED YOU hold the pedal to the floor while cranking = puts it in clear flood mode
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