Originally posted by WiLL
thanks...
just to clearify, whats the difference between turning over and cranking? i thought they were the same: when the engine is trying to start, but just not making it. that ehhh ehhh ehhhh ehhh sound. 
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cranking
when it fires i was taught it has "turned over"
i dunno why, perhaps it implies it has "turned over" to burning fuel instead of electric. perhaps it is a throwback to the old crank-days when "cranking" the car meant stooping at the front bumper and putting your back into it to literally crank it, and "turning over" was when the crank started turning on its own.