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VS Commodore over cranking?

Wombles

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Pull the fuse when it's running. Mine doesn't crank at all when that fuse is pulled
 

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Just be careful with the fuel lines as well. The usual.
 

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i put a couple of nice fat juicy earth cables onto my battery and it helped the startup speed....

# one from negative to body (replace the current pencil thin cable with a big fat heavy lug)

# and another from negative to engine (where heater bolt is that currently has an earth ring bolted)

started with a click of a finger. also clean up battery terminals even put new ones on
 

AlexVSII

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I'll second that, if after all the obvious things, earth cables are what I would be checking. I had mine go and originally thought it was a $300 starter motor. Was earth cables worth substantially less...

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Just an update on this guys, today I had the chance to replace the fuel injectors and fuel pressure regulator with brand new items and also put in a new fuel filter and the starting problems are gone. Fires straight away now.
Cheers to everyone that helped :)
 
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