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Old 08-18-2013, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by emlesnick View Post
What does leaving water intake open do?
If you are doing a lot of cranking in a no-start situation, be sure to close the raw water intake until you get the engine running..
the water pump spins along with the starter (mechanically driven) so it will fill up the exhaust/muffler and then can back up and dump water into the cylinders thru the manifold.

NOT a good thing!
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