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- From: ajackson@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Andrew William Jackson)
- Subject: Re: Jump-starting Seized Engine: POSSIBLE?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.205633.10082@Princeton.EDU>
- Originator: news@nimaster
- Keywords: Jumpstart, lubrication, seized, overhaul
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- Organization: Princeton University
- References: <1992Nov12.090732.13323@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:56:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.090732.13323@u.washington.edu> tomy@carson.u.washington.edu (Thomas Tucker) writes:
- >
- >A single cranking event yielded what sounded like one piston
- >stroke (or at least a partial stroke), but no ignition and
- >no continued rotation of the crankshaft. The engine sounded
- >as if it was seized for lack of lubrication or as if some
- >other resistance were making turning the shaft way too hard.
- >
- >Short of pulling the thing apart (or, more likely, my friend
- >having a mechanic pull the engine), is there a clever trick
- >which might introduce enough lubrication where it's needed
- >to allow us to succeed where before we failed?
- >
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- Did you try removing the plugs and squirting oil directly in the
- cylinders?
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- ajackson@ernie.princeton.edu
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