[V8] whur whur whur

[Maurice Greven]

Sounds like the dreaded "You only started me for a minute.. now you will
pay" syndrome. Kinda like a flooded engine (back in the days of
carburetors)... I have had the same thing.... For me the solution was to
hold the throttle wide open (NOT pumping it) and crank to let the air flow
freely and lean out the mixture. Once it caught a little, she sputtered and
ran crappy for a few miles, then she trusted me again...

Maurice

PS It is a nice sounding starter though... better than
crank..crank..crank...

-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
Ingo Rautenberg
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:03 AM
To: Jeremy Ward
Cc: v8newlist
Subject: Re: [V8] whur whur whur

Jeremy,

Well, hope it's not a timing belt.  I have had the same happen, though.

My solution was to remove the spark plugs (which were wet) and  
replace with fresh ones and voila, she starts. Done this at least  
2x.  But then the third time it ended up being crank/ref sxensor.

HTH

Ingo

On May 27, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Jeremy Ward wrote:

> That's the sound my V8 makes when I crank the starter and it never
> 'catches'.  (sounds asthmatic!)
>
> 1990, 178k on the clock, timing belt due in 2k (was done at 120k).  I
> started it, moved it to a different spot on my driveway and parked it.
>  8hrs later, I go to start it and it won't fire up.  <scratching head>
>
> I have not tried to crank it for xxSeconds to pull the codes yet - not
> sure what this might turn up, but will check it at lunch time.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> - Jeremy
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