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General => General Technical => Topic started by: Andyp on April 24, 2005, 12:03:03 PM

Title: unburnt fuel - flood?
Post by: Andyp on April 24, 2005, 12:03:03 PM
Elo

Just a quickie.. is it unburnt fuel that is a little bit of whispy white misty smoke (like condensation in the morning) that you get when you flood and it ain\'t starting?

much thanks

Andy
Title: unburnt fuel - flood?
Post by: colinrx7surrey on April 24, 2005, 12:41:08 PM
wen mine flooded mate i pre heated the spark plugs,then put them bk in then started her bk up then she smoked like gooden ,,was like having a bonfire in my drive way for a few minutes!!!!
cheers col
Title: unburnt fuel - flood?
Post by: Andyp on April 24, 2005, 01:32:31 PM
thanks buddy

Got my mechanic buddy to replace the plugs using the OJ method (i.e. removing nothing) and hey preseto!

Was quite funny, two kids walking down my road and then next second they were COVERED in smoke - they coughed ;) Was getting whisps of smoke coming from engine too but that was just fuel that had blocked it in there.

sounds sweeeeeeeet again too

viva £3 plugs from USA :D

cheers col!
Title: unburnt fuel - flood?
Post by: colinrx7surrey on April 24, 2005, 02:45:52 PM
no worries man if u need any help wid anything else you know where i am buddy!!! p.s flooding is one of the worst and definatley most common probs on rexs,,jus remeber wen u start her up never put ure foot on the gas pedal
cheers col
Title: unburnt fuel - flood?
Post by: Andyp on April 24, 2005, 07:30:52 PM
cheers matey thats v kind of ya :)

first time its happened to me in two years.. think it was a lot to do with the plugs started very crappy for the last two weeks now they didnt look TOOOOOOOO bad when I took em out but def needed replacing

and yep.. i\'ll stay well away from that pedal hehe