----- Original Message ----- From: "Captain Beeky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 7:07 PM Subject: [canals-list] Reluctantly firing JP
> Uncle Mort's motor was a bit slow to start on Sunday morning when I was > heating up the water for Mrs B's ablutions. (snip) > After a considerable wind of the starter motor building up inertia > several times the engine limped into life on one cylinder. Followed by > a second and then the third. When the injectors are out (as suggested by others), it might be worth doing a compression test, dry and wet. We once had an engine refuse to start due to rings sticking. (The engine overhauler claimed it had been overheated, I reckon they were tight in the grooves to start with.) -- Iain
