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240 no start when wet - help !

posted by  Andrew in AL on  Wed Nov 16 19:41 CST 2011
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I am SO sorry, guys. My being 'reared' in the South did it !

After a good rain, it does turn over ..it tries to start ...but will not.
This is after it is rained on overnight, as after it starts and runs properly ..I can drive it in the rain with no issues.

It either dries out on it's own ..or, like this morning, I have to use a hair dryer.

Again, when it did finally start, it did not want to idle. After I ran it for a spell, it would idle and as I went through the day ..it got better and better (I made a 100 mile trip) as for running ...EXCEPT there were times when I was letting off the throttle there was a vibration; a low pitched rumble under light load.

Not sure if this is in the drivetrain or the motor. It almost felt like a weird miss.

First thing though is to figure out why it will not start when wet.
Thanks for any and all help.


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