Not enough electrical power to BOTH turn the starter AND provide ignition
power is not uncommon.
Check the battery voltage when cranking the engine on the starter. I'll bet
it will be in the neighborhood of 10 volts. Then check the charging system
and the battery. One or the other has gone off peak.
Cheers,
Lew Palmer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Editorgary@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 4:30 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Starting Puzzler
This morning our good friend Jack arrived in good shape in his TD at our
weekly meeting of Krispy Kreme Donut Derelicts, Mountain View (CA) chapter.
When he got ready to go, the car would happily turn over, but would not
cough, much less fire and start up.
So we pushed him to a good speed and the car started up (albeit a little
reluctantly), but then smoothed out and he headed off home.
My question: If he could get the engine to turn over with the starter but
not
start, and then we got it to start by pushing and popping the clutch --
which
seems to me to be doing nothing more than making the engine turn over -- why
would it start then?
What's the difference between a starter merrily turning over the engine, and
a group of pushers causing the engine to turn over?
Cheers
Gary
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