If you can t/s fuel and spark, you will cover most likely causes. Yes, I am aware that you need compression, yet, if you factor out the two I mentioned, Which most can do with the most basic tools, you will be far closer to fixing the problem, and compression is rarely the cause of a no start. Far more often, loses of compression will be indicated by a lose of power. I know that most of us can relay the rare account that an engine had lost enough compression that it would not start, yet, in most cases, even with low compression, the engine will start. It just will not have much power and will stall under any load. Long before it reaches the point where the engine will not start, other issues will have developed, such as large plums of blue smake. I've taken engines down for rebuild that were pushing clouds of blue smake, yet, would start, and found the rings weren't even making contact on all sides of the cylinder wall because of the wear, yet the engine had not been a no start. But yes compression is needed for an engine to start, technically.
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