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no start

Hey everyone,

we have a cat c5000, no start, good spark fuel etc. no codes stored or on dash. what i am noticing is when i choke it manually with my hand over the air horn it fires almost every time, remove my hand and the truck will drive and idle like a top. anyone come across this yet?
  • Posted 5 May 2017 05:32
  • By pat_r
  • joined 3 Jul'13 - 25 messages
  • British Columbia, Canada

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