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Subject:Re: flooded engine?
From:craig cowan
Date:Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:41:19 -0500

if it's a manual, why not just bump start it?
Thats a good way to establish if there is a starter problem.
If it is a starter, it's a simple part to replace.

-Craig

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com>wrote:

> no turn over at all? Does it crank at all? If no noise at all, then
> it's a bad starter, stuck solenoid. Hit the starter with a hammer or
> something  ans make it "unstuck".
>
> Karl.
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Kendra Calhoun <kendracalhoun@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Made it 600 miles from home with outstanding mph...yay! ONE problem,
> won't
> > start now. Did a cold start ok, moved down the block, turned off, then
> > tried again s minute later and it won't turn over. Not the battery.
> Flooded
> > engine? Is it a waiting game? 1982 L in Pittsburgh pa
>