badsam1957
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- Nov 6, 2007
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I have a 553 with 315 hours on it that won't start, cranks fine and belches black smoke. Worked fine the last time I used it about month ago. I thought it might have a low battery, so I put the charger on it then after the battery was charged switched the charger to the 50 amp setting and tried it again. Same thing; just black smoke but cranked really fast. This is around a 2000 vintage with some electronic controls. I'm wondering if what ever shuts the motor down, might be stuck. It obviously is not a fuel issue considering all the black unburned fuel coming out of the stack, is there an air shut off on this one or a compression release? Thaks in advance for you help! Mike