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  1. 08-09-2011, 12:15 AM #1
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    Default starting my car

    my car is only cranking over could this be my distributer
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  2. 08-09-2011, 12:27 AM #2
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    Wow. That's an open-ended question.

    It's either:

    1) a fuel problem
    2) a spark problem

    you need to work out which, first

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  3. 08-09-2011, 12:54 PM #3
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    Unlikely to be the dizzy unless it's been played with ... Could be the coil
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  4. 08-09-2011, 01:17 PM #4
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    does the fuel pump prime?
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  5. 08-09-2011, 07:06 PM #5
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    what engine is it first of all.... you have a vn v8?
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