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Originally Posted by kerry
There's a limited number of things that could be wrong with it:
No air.
No fuel.
No compression
No heat
All there but not happening at the right time
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Add to this list that the starter/battery must be able to spin the engine fast enough. A gas engine will start even if your starter can just barely get a cylinder to the top and the spark plug to fire, a diesel engine needs to be spinning at a fairly good clip to get started. If the compression is low it'll need to spin faster.
I haven't had to resurrect a sitting engine.. isn't there something about adding a small amount of oil to each cylinder to lube the rings and get higher compression for that first start? Or am I confused?