Date:         Mon, 7 Mar 2011 06:05:13 -0600
Reply-To:     Grungy <grungy@GRUNGY.COM>
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From:         Grungy <grungy@GRUNGY.COM>
Subject:      Re: sometimes it just won't go...
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
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At 8:36 PM -0800 3/6/11, Jim Arnott wrote:
>
>>When it won't start, it's flooding, so there doesn't appear to be a
>>fuel pump problem.
>
>How do we know it's flooded? Wet plugs? If so, compression check,
>fuel pressure check, new plugs. It DOES have spark, right?

Hard to prove on the spark - I have no help and haven't built a remote starter.
The flooding became evident before I changed out half of the exhaust system.
The joint where the J-pipe attached to the headers was loose, and
there was a puddle of gas under it after trying to start the engine
(several times).

Propane next and finding replacement intake hoses.
Thanks so much for the advice.
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