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Subject:Re: Help!
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:42:51 -0500

At 09:38 PM 12/29/2001, Dave Baker wrote:
>Hydrolock?  That's a new one to me.  What is it and why does it prevent
>cranking?

It got enough gas in one or more cylinders that it couldn't crank (because
liquid gasoline doesn't compress any better than liquid water)

david

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