How does pushing a car that won’t start help start it?
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Y’know how some motorcycle have a kick start? The way those work is that they simply push the engine so that it goes through a couple of rotations. With the electricity on, this causes all the same stages as when a car is fully running, leading up to spark and the engine firing.
Once the engine fires it should continue to drive itself through more rotations.
Pushing a car in neutral lets it build momentum that, similarly, should push the engine through its cycle once you put it in gear while it’s moving.
This works when the battery is low (but not dead) because it bypasses the starter motor, which draws a lot of electricity.
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