{"id":47701,"date":"2018-06-16T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T11:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=47701"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:45:06","slug":"dragstar-250-engine-wont-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20180616\/everyday-events\/dragstar-250-engine-wont-start","title":{"rendered":"Dragstar 250 Engine Won&#8217;t Start?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-3924721103\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1700683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nThe starter motor spins but nothing happens\u2014no sound from the engine. What could it be?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1700684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1700683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nThere isn&#8217;t much to check, but I started by measuring cold compression.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1700682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nThen I checked for spark.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1700686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nThen I looked at the air cleaner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1700687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nI wondered if something was clogged in there. I suspected a fuel petcock issue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1700685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nHmm, nothing wrong there either. When I tried to start it in this state, it made a &#8220;brrr-rrr&#8221; sound. What??<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/P1700689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"855\"><br \/>\nI went ahead and replaced the air cleaner anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The smell might be from too much fuel, or maybe there&#8217;s water in the tank.<br \/>\nI took it for a test ride around the neighborhood and didn&#8217;t see the symptom again, so I delivered it for now. Let&#8217;s keep an eye on it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The starter motor spins but nothing happens\u2014no sound from the engine. What could it be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[180],"class_list":["post-47701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-repair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}