Help - Car won\'t start....

[Carl]

Have you put the egi fuse back in after deflood?

Tips for not getting into this situation for this who are worried.

1. Try to make sure engine is warm before shutting down.
2. When shutting down,hold accelerator pedal down to keep the revs up at around 3000 to 4000 rpm,then at the exact same moment you turn off the ignition put your foot fully down on the accelerator pedal,and hold it down till the engine stops turning.(Dont forget turbo timers!)

What does that do you might ask?

Well when the ignition is shut off both fuel and spark stop,but if you are at the higher rpm and then put your foot to floor it makes sure that the engine internals are dry from fuel with plenty of air going into the engine.

You should never flood it again if you get into the habit of following these two simple steps all the time.

I have pasted this in the technical thread area too.

Regards
Carl

[Sideways_Steve]

thats a really good Idea Carl, makes sense. Ill try that from now on I think, although its only happened once with my own car but id rather not have it happen again! LOL

[nikp]

Cars with pretty fresh engines are also probably less likely to flood. I can start mine and switch off imediately and it\'ll re-start easily the next time. So it\'s also probably a sign of wear and tear too.

[mark-ashley]

IT\'S ALIVE !!!

Clive very kindly came over and and got it going for me, was severely flooded from all my hapless attempts plus the local agent the AA sent had snapped one of my spark plugs and put it back together using insulation tape !

Thankfully Clive had a spare but i deffo now need to get a new spark plug and a battery as mine is on it\'s way out.

I also managed to bend the front strut bar trying to tow start it so i\'m on the lookout for one of them, will post in the parts wanted section !

Still can\'t get that bloody buzzer to shut up, think the sensor or the wiring is trashed as there is plenty of coolant in there, anybody know if there is a fuse i can pull to shut it up, driving me insane !

Failing that i think i\'ll have to seek out the buzzer and cut it till i can get a new sensor.

I now also have a nasty burning electrical smell, i think one of the fans has burnt out as i can see one going round and not the other, might have seized from standing and the cold weather, fix one thing and there\'s always another !

Anyways, at least it runs!

Thanks to everyone for all your advice and especially Clive for coming over to help me, a legend and bloody nice bloke too !

[mark-ashley]

On closer inspection i think it\'s the battery that stinks !

[BlitzBoy]

nice 1 good news!

[shaunwil]

If the level sensor works the same way as the FB one then you should just need to ground the wire to turn it off.

Shaun

[mark-ashley]

Strangely the coolant level sensor isn\'t going off anymore, i would love to say it was becasue of some ingenious thing that i did but alas it was not, i prodded the connector a bit and that seems to have resolved it, for now anyway !