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Originally Posted by rokemester
As long as your 911 doesn’t have electronic fuel injection. Ain’t gonna push start a car unless it has a carb. Ask me how I know. Talk about embarrassing trying to push start my 87 911!
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If your battery is completely dead, yea, push starting is rather difficult without a long hill.
If it is just the starter that has heat soak, and will not spin, push starting my 85 911 is easy. I pulled up to the front entrance at the Hershey hotel and after checking in, the starter was locked up. It was rather embarrassing to get some help pushing it, but it fired right up. As soon as the starter cooled off, (30 minutes or so) it worked fine.
All fuel injected cars need enough voltage to run the injection computer.
My brother's daily driver is a 1954 VW bug. He drove to work in the rain, and left the headlight on all day at work. The battery was totally dead after an 8 hour shift. He asked some 20 something year old co-workers to give him a push. They replied we ain't pushing you home. He said no need, just get me rolling. It fired right up, and he drove home. They were flabbergasted it was possible to push start a car. They all drove modern automatic transmission cars.