flooded

[rsrex]

how do i unflood the engine ?

[karl_tate]

do a search bud, i think there is a how to as well.

[interloper393]

you`ve had it a week and you`ve broke it already lol.. sent you a pic of the egi location bud, should sort it, if not remove the plugs..

[karl_tate]

lol forgot it was your old car.

touch wood i have never flooded my car (yet) im quite intrigued on how people do it

[interloper393]

its up n running again turning it off after only a few secs of it ruuning from cold will do it easy..

[karl_tate]

cool. i\'ve done that a few time before when moving around in garage/drive and no problems

[rsrex]

lol all fixed. big thanx to interloper for advice as follows:
remove egi fuse. big one in fuse box at right of alternator.
put accelorator to the floor and crank the engine for around 20 seconds.
replace fuse and start car as normal. after a few seconds it should splutter to life............ with a big puff of reek and stink of petrol lol.
he also told me if the flood is bad i might need to remove plugs and clean em. however i was lucky

[noyzboy]

cool. i\'ve done that a few time before when moving around in garage/drive and no problems

Martiny recommended revving the engine to 2K and then turning it off on the key.
 He recons the engine flushes out the excess fuel as it runs down, leaving you unflooded.
 Works for me...tho I use 3K.

A weak battery will get you flooded if the engine doesn\'t spin  fast enough to fire and pick up IMHO

 Martin H

[marcusd666]

Martiny recommended revving the engine to 2K and then turning it off on the key.
 He recons the engine flushes out the excess fuel as it runs down, leaving you unflooded.
 Works for me...tho I use 3K.

A weak battery will get you flooded if the engine doesn\'t spin  fast enough to fire and pick up IMHO

 Martin H

Had this happen to me last christmas with my wife\'s RX8 moved it on the drive with a weak battery came to it the next day and flooded :reallymad She was not happy did the shut down process for mazda as well. Thanks to an well clued up RAC man de-flooded it and got it going.

[noyzboy]

I keep a spare set of plugs in the car.
If the RAC/AA man turns up, at least you can give him a set of fresh dry plugs to put in !!

Martin H