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Old 12-15-2004 | 09:30 AM
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Default RE: cant figure out whats wrong with engine

That "Bump" is the engine doing exactly what it's designed to do... It's exploding the fuel. But since you're turning it slowly, it's exploding before the piston passes top-dead-center, so instead of kicking the prop forward, it's kicking it back.

Had you given the prop a good flip with a chicken stick, instead of bumping, it would have started (Or at least, it would have ran till the prime burned out)

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