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Originally Posted by Diseasel300
In your video you let go of the key right as the engine was about to catch. That first "failed" start was solely because you didn't hold the key long enough! Give it a chance to do something before you let go.
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It used to be that a flick of the key after glowing was all that was needed to start. Now I do indeed have to hold the key for a bit. The first attempt she did catch, then died right away. The second time I was holding the key for another second after it caught, otherwise it would have died again. It doesn't start as easy as it used to.
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Originally Posted by Diseasel300
Generally black smoke is due to over-fuelling. If the injectors are in sad shape (or original to the car  ) you could have a "squirt gun" effect going on instead of a nice spray |
Thanks for the advice. I will sent Greazzer a PM.
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