With a good battery you should be able to crank for at least 1 minute with no slow down.
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld -----Original Message----- From: Alex Chamberlain <apchamberl...@gmail.com> Sender: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:56:13 To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com> Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 603 filter change, cranking forever On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Should stink of fuel too while you're trying. It does. > > Have you tried jumping the car off another while cranking? Yep, no difference. > How long is "a long time" cranking? A good battery ought to be able to crank > for a > solid minute anyway. It can go about fifteen seconds steadily before it begins to slow down. I'm guessing that means good compression (since otherwise the starter wouldn't be fighting so hard to turn the engine)? Or could it mean clogged exhaust? Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
