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Old 09-01-2010, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Excaliber View Post
That kind of statement always leaves me scratching my head.

1. Is it "hard to turn over" as in the STARTER MOTOR doesn't want to SPIN the engine? 2. Or is it "hard to turn over" as in the starter motor spins the engine fine, it just doesn't START right away?

#1 is often related to much base timing advance. #2 could be a lot of things, like running rich or any number of other issues.
The starter spins the flywheel just fine, it just sputters and sputters untill it finally starts and I have to give it a little gas to get it fully running.
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