[DML] Re: My car won't start

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See recent Messages #44435 and #44447.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "eremhcel" <dmcfive0@xxxx> wrote:
> On Monady night, I was running my car and thought I could smooth out 
> the idle a little by playing with the mixture screw. I turned the 
> screw a little both ways and while doing that the engine would shake 
> and want to die. I turned the screw back and it recovered from dying, 
> then when I tried to smooth it out, it started shaking again then 
> died before I could turn the screw back. Now the car won't start. I 
> tried a few times later on because it seemed like the engine was 
> getting flooded. I tried to start it after sitting over night and a 
> few other times and it will start for a second then stall out. I have 
> the battery on a charger because I could see the volts going low from 
> cranking the engine, so after the battery is charged up I'll try 
> starting it again. Does it sound like it's not starting because the 
> battery was low, or because I turned the mixture screw too much? It 
> always started before I played around with the mixture screw. Any 
> help, suggestions greatly appreciated! 
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike
> 5623




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