car wont start

[jon haines]

hi, dont want to but in as im only a poor fc owner, but i compression tested my mates fd and found the mazda plug tool you get(with the fc at least) perfect for the job. its fiddly sure but it was all done in 20 mins from the top of the engine or is his different?

[GerbilStuntFarm]

To remove the plugs from above is fairly easy depending on how chunky your arms are, just remove the elbow to the throttle body and look pretty much straight down. Infact there\'s a picture here i posted showing the powersteering pump off, if you remove the elbow and refer to the photo you may be able to locate them easier.

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17429

Take them out and clean them one by one and replace them as you clean them so you don\'t mix them up. If you have a gas hob then try burning them off with that, or a blowtorch, or even one of those mini-blow-torch-soldering-things that run off of cigarette lighters could be worth a shot.

Expect lots of smoke when she finally kicks in and leave it to idle for a few mins before driving off.. slowly

[Nitronige]

Hi Zab,

Saw your dilema and if you are still having problems, give me a shout. I can pop over and give you a hand. (assuming you are still in Edinburgh).


Cheers,
Nige

[ZAB]

yeh mate that would b sweet mate wot to do is drop me ur number to me e-mail add (   ziggy_zab_666@hotmail.com  ) n ill give u aring mate.

was gonna try again today, wen i woke up lookd outa the window yep was the scottish traditional s.h.i.t weather, had bn snowin over night nt that heavy though.

woulda had the car sortd by now if it wasint for the shi.t weather too cold to work on the car.

Zab

[Nitronige]

Zab,

E-mail sent.

Cheers,

Nige

[skybusr34]

could you pop down and help me too?    please!!!!!!!

[ZAB]

SAFE DUDE ILL DROP U A TXT 2MARRO, PROBS C U ON SAT IF U FREE N HOPIN THE WEATHERS OK, THATS THE HAIL STONZ ON AT THE MOMENT  :mad:

[ZAB]

HEY GUYS
             right almost got the car startd with the oil method but then it got dark n gev up, i dropd sumting n i look under the car n had oil leakin but thin, then i rem i had the car de-catd coz it was block n was stopin the car from startin so the geeza just pulld the cat out n weld\'d it back on for me for the timbein, but the weld is breakin n thats wer the leak is will it affect it from startin ? it will b lossin power init ?
thought i\'d just ask
thanx
Zab

[GerbilStuntFarm]

no the problem is in the ignition side of the equation. Remove the plugs and burn the crud off tomorrow and foot to the floor, sure it\'ll start.

er how bad is the oil leak btw?

[skybusr34]

i got mine to start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! horray.     removed lower 2 spark plugs. cranked it over 4 times . burned off sh1t from plugs. put back in.
did full throttle and she popped and banged. loads of smoke and started.

how many other cars are this difficult so start once flooded!!!!!