Need a bit of help

[seanmcg]

Hello guys

Ok im in need of advice, iv been living in oz the last 4 years and had my 92 rx7 started regulary enough except for the last 8 months, it was put into storage, ive been home the last 3 months and my attempts of getting it started have been futile.. I first tried to get it going last xmas but i think i flooded it, i used the deflooding technique but still nothing, i hadnt the time to dry the plugs.. So 4 weeks ago i went down armed with new plugs, oil and a new battery, when i drained the oil there was a good bit of petrol in it.. Stank of it , and the plugs were soaked when i removed them, so put in new ones and new oil, connected up the battery and it started first time, way hey! .. One problem though it sounded rough and wouldnt stay running unless i had my foot on the gas.. So i kept it going till it warmed up, it was kicking out black smoke, still when it warmed it wouldnt hold its idle, so i went back down 2 weeks ago and it started first time again but still sounded rough.. And when it died i couldnt restart it for love nor money.. Its getting spark, it stinks of fuel so maybe compression? It sounds fine when i turn the ignition just doesnt kick in..

Im hoping its not compression hopefully something simple,
car had a full rebuild in 2009 but only has 8ks on it since,

Any advice be greatly appreciated

Thanks

[hamishrx7]

Im no expert by far but does the fuel in the floaded engine damage the insides. Seen as though its be like that for sometime?

[Eclipsed4ever]

I had something similar to this on an old FC that my girlfriend had. That seemed to lack compression and stank on fuel. To get that going we put a load of oil in the plug holes and turned it over without plugs or fuel relay. After doing this a few times we put the plugs back in, fuel relay and away it went. No problems ever again. Was very strange!

I've no idea if this is a good idea or not though so be careful!