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Old 02-19-2008, 12:14 PM
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trouble cranking

Once out of every ten cranks, it just sputters rapidly and refuses to fire up, the starter's spinning fine but it seems like i'm not going any gas, any suggestions?
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Did you get the TSB with new starter and battery? Give us more history on your car,year,miles,service,airfilter,plugs,anything that might help us....
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04 6 mt with greddy turbo emanage blue piggy back, plugs are fairly new 8-9k and coils have less than 1k filter is greddy and no i haven't had a new starter, it's spinning fine but it's almost like the timing's off and it's not catching fire, my roomate just said that tonight and so tomorrow i'm gonna check gaps and condition of the plugs but if anyone has had the same situation just let me know
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10 crnks to start! Check the battery.
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