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Posted by Ignoramus7021 on June 20, 2008, 10:47 am
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> as iggy said, ...
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> you would be surprised how stuck an engine can get, even without damage,
> after sitting a long time - things like dropping the oil pan and
> disconnecting rods to get pistons unstuck are not unheard of
yep.
Also, a starter provides a lot of torque and arguably more than a
human with some wrench, due to gear reduction. So make sure that there
is plenty of juice supplied to the starter.
i
>> Gunner, is there some way to borrow a borescope or something and try
>> to look inside the cylinders through the spark plug holes? Have you
>> put marvel mystery oil in cylinders and left it sit for a day?
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>> My general experience has beeb good luck with diesel engines and bad
>> luck with gas engines.
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>Take out spark plug, squirt/flow in some propane, put spark
>plug back and manually spark plug.
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>Should make for one good pop. If the valves are mostly
>closed should get some movement.