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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Not to mention that if you have raw fuel in that quantity pouring into your cats then the engine is going to be so badly flooded that it will not start anyway. Without starting there is no heat to ignite the fuel.
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Without researching it any more, I'd theorize the following scenario.
During Several unsuccessful attempts at push-start the air-fuel mixture flows through the engine and fuel is collected in cold cat. When the engine ultimately starts, the cat heats up, and suddenly you have a significant amount of fuel in the presence of very hot catalysts, and things get nasty.
One thing that my brilliant theory does not explain, is why things would be any different if a few unsuccessful starts using the starter are followed by successful start.