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Old 01-05-2003, 10:27 PM
kerry kerry is offline
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Did you leave a rag under the hood and suck it into the air filter?
In order to run you need compression, fuel and air at the correct time. The problem must lie in one of these three areas.

Sometimes, odd things can occur which hinder an engine (or motor) from running. Once my father and I were fishing at a very remote lake in Ontario. When we got back to the car it wouldn't start no matter what we did. We hiked miles to get out of there. Turns out that when we parked we backed up to a pile of dirt and buried the exhaust pipe in the dirt. No exhaust=no vacuum=no air to mix with the fuel. Lesson learned; make sure your engine is breathing.
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