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Old 04-20-2016, 05:45 PM   #9
TobyB
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If you have spark, you can always do a rough fuel test by pulling the intake
boot and shooting a bit of starting fluid into the intake AFTER the AFM!

If it coughs and splutters, then that would make me think it's not fuelling.
But I agree, your wet plugs would seem to indicate you're getting some fuel.

Just because it happened to me randomly last week- when it cranks, is it the usual
'chug- chug- chug' or is it suspiciously smooth? When you use certain oils, it seems
(Mobil 1 0-40, in my case) if you cold start it, let it run for 30 seconds, then switch off,
it can 'fuel wash- down' and lose compression. Then the next start MAY go 'chug- chug- whrrrrrrrrrr'.
A 'flood start' will eventually clear it, and then it will miss for a little bit, and then run fine.

Both the M42's do it, and the M54, too.

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