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Originally Posted by Mike Hauser
Possible that the IP is all clogged up from waxes in the oil.
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This is a possibility. Raising the temp of the car (heated garage, for example) might fix this.
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Originally Posted by Mike Hauser
it won't start on starting fluid (if I am doing it right, of course. It's a first for me)
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Not even a cough? While not a recommended practice in this situation, starting fluid sprayed into the intake snout should have made it fire. I'd definitely do a compression test; that low oil problem you mentioned may have scuffed the cylinder walls and wiped-out the rings.