While looking at a 1998 XK8, the car turned over just fine from cold but would not start. The salesman hooked the battery up to a jumper box, cranked the car again hooked up to the box, and it fired right up. He said they had just run the car a day before, so I don't think it had been sitting for long unstarted. I had read engines with nikasil problems failed to start from cold, so I was curious, but obviously a jumper box isn't going to restore compression but I just wanted to make sure. The car has 75000 miles, should I be scared to buy it in fear that it could develop a problem down the road?
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16 years ago