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Frank Lee · 07-29-2014, 01:00 PM

All I can figure is they somehow are equating push starting with the higher possibility of flooding the engine. I suppose if there is a fault that could happen, but for our EOC bumps, there is no fault that will cause flooding.

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Frank Lee (: Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: up north Posts: 12,762 Blue - '93 Ford Tempo Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US) F150 - '94 Ford F150 XLT 4x4 90 day: 18.5 mpg (US) Sport Coupe - '92 Ford Tempo GL Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US) ShWing! - '82 honda gold wing Interstate 90 day: 33.65 mpg (US) Moon Unit - '98 Mercury Sable LX Wagon 90 day: 21.24 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,585 Thanked 3,555 Times in 2,218 Posts	All I can figure is they somehow are equating push starting with the higher possibility of flooding the engine. I suppose if there is a fault that could happen, but for our EOC bumps, there is no fault that will cause flooding. __________________