Engine has Flooded!!

[gibby250983]

i need help fast guys!!!

for the first time in a year i have decided to break out the REX!!!! but the engine has flooded badly!!! ive changed the batterey and also using extra power to try and burn all of the fuel out of the engine but want it to start today due to its mot on tuesday!!!

any suggestions on getting it started quicker!!!!

PS i started it up a while ago and switched if off instantly coz of warning lights on!!! oops my fault!!! so recon its flooded!!!! :Hammer :Hammer :Hammer

cheers fokes!!!

[rx7boy]

If its seriously flooded then bellow should help

• Removed spark plugs
• remove egi fuse
• connect a running car via jump leads
• turn over the car on full throttle (pedal touching the floor) for 5 second bursts
• do the above around 20 times (yes that many times)
• take the spark plugs to your kitchen, clean them up and then put them in the oven
• heat them up, be carfull when handling them they will be hot , i used a old dish cloth to do the first thread and then a socket for the rest
• reinsert hot sparkplugs and egi fuse
• make sure the battery is charged, and also make sure the other car is hooked up via jump leads and running arouun 2k rpm so a good current is coming to the car.
• plant your foot all the way to the floor ( this cuts the fuel pump relay and is nessesary)
• car should start to fire up keep your foot planted until it revs freely
• the end

[gibby250983]

Great help cheers......just one thing!!!

Where are the spark plugs......lol
Where are the EGI Fuse too.......i can only see 1 spark plug!


cheers bud

[Lacey]

If its seriously flooded then bellow should help

• turn over the car on full throttle (pedal touching the floor) for 5 second bursts
• do the above around 20 times (yes that many times)

Just one thing, as I don\'t know what Mazda you have.

The above step of foot to floor on the accelerator DOES NOT WORK on my 89 RX-7, my RX-7 has NO fuel cutoff switch and we found out that the foot-to-floor cranking method re-floods the engine.

[gibby250983]

i have a mazda rx7 fds 1994!

took out the egi fuse and turned it several times and it started up but then cut out with a big puff of white smoke!!!! ( Fuel Maybe)

then tried it with again with the foot to the floor but no joy so i recon that that didnt work!!!

gonna try the egi again later on!!! think thats the best way forward!!!

[rx7boy]

Just one thing, as I don\'t know what Mazda you have.

The above step of foot to floor on the accelerator DOES NOT WORK on my 89 RX-7, my RX-7 has NO fuel cutoff switch and we found out that the foot-to-floor cranking method re-floods the engine.

Sorry I assumed this was for a FD, not sure about other rx7\'s, thanks for the info.

i have a mazda rx7 fds 1994!

took out the egi fuse and turned it several times and it started up but then cut out with a big puff of white smoke!!!! ( Fuel Maybe)

then tried it with again with the foot to the floor but no joy so i recon that that didnt work!!!

gonna try the egi again later on!!! think thats the best way forward!!!

It depends on how bad the flooding is really. You can just get away with just planting your foot and turning it over. hope it starts up soon, your other bet is too tow start it.

[gibby250983]

hope it starts up soon, your other bet is too tow start it.

really dont wanna go down that route!!! should start is showing promises of life!!! it started with a big cloud of white smoke.....i jumped out of the car shouting she lives then she died again!!!! :-( Wasnt chufft!!!!

just got to keep going with it!!!

[Lacey]

We spent a full afternoon trying to start my \'89 FC with the foot the the floor method and didn\'t realise til the next time we had a go at starting it that the Series4 FC doesn\'t always have a fuel cutoff switch when the accelerator is on the floor. Felt a right plank after having spent the previous afternoon constantly re-flooding my own engine without even realising :rollin

Best of luck with yours though! I think all the rotaries after 91/92 100% have fuel cutoff with foot to floor, though correct me if I\'m wrong.

Also if your not confident, just trake the EGI fuse out and crank the s**t out of it with the bottom two plugs removed so it can spit fuel out until you can hear it\'s only spitting out air, then put it all back together and try starting it without touching the accelerator.

Probably won\'t make a difference to an FD but that\'s what worked for me!

[Prof]

The TII FC\'s from 89 also had the fuel cut - seems it\'s only on the EGI models it isn\'t there.
 
If you\'ve fitted an eManage - you\'ll end up flooding it again - as WOT on cranking is for injector cleaning ! LOL

[gibby250983]

I AM THE HAPPIEST GUY ABOUT!!!!

MY REX SHE LIVES!!!! HAPPY DAYS.........ive never been so excited in my life!!! i ran about the street jumping for joy!!! was a bit shaky to start with but after the extra fuel got out the system she was running like never before!!! MINT!!!

a bit of smoke from the engine and then the radiator didnt kick in with steam coming from it too.....was a bit confused to begin with.....soon sorted that tho.......took some water out of it and in a blink o an eye it begun to cool my engine!!!!

Just thought id let all of ya guys know!!!!

o Took the EGI out yesterday and turned it over all afternoon then after a few hours this morning....put the fuse back in and sprung to life in about 2 turns!!!! had to give it some food to the floor revs tho!!!! but with in 10 mins she cleared and i was jumping like a dafty!!!!

Cheers guys!!!! im chufft to bits to have my baby up and running again!!!
:Thumbsup! :Thumbsup!

[Prof]

Nice one :Thumbs-up

[Lacey]

Congrats