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Originally Posted by ITD
That's probably not going to work in a newer car with a dead battery. No power for the control computers, no spark or fuel to run the engine.
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Yeah, those days are gone.
Also was told you can really mess up some cars by doing that. Something about unburned fuel getting where it shouldn't if I recall (catalytic converter ?). It might have applied to fuel injected, maybe with a mild turbo, can't remember. But their was a very firm warning to not roll start it.
Ugh, I had to google it now. I was right
https://mechanics.stackexchange.com/...ytic-converter