Re: hot engine hard starting

Posted by Tim Cole On 2016/7/12 16:17:42

System or cylinder is standard jargon. Systems like fuel and ignition are inputs. Cylinders are mechanical and generate output. If engineering is blowing up motors on a dyno they might say it has a cylinder problem. Is the problem internal or external, is it systems or cylinders? Is it an input problem or a mechanical problem?

I get called occasionally to handle problem cases of merchandise that can't be shipped because it doesn't run. I'll tell them I have to determine if is it a system or a cylinder. If the thing is cranking over at 900 rpm I'll tell them I have to look at a cylinder because the thing doesn't sound like it has any compression. Most of them aren't that easy. Most of them have system problems and the entire vehicle is totally dead.