deagle50ae

I think I experienced my first flooded engine today.

I drove the car back from work and when I went back out to start her up 40minutes later it just cranked and I got nothing. I tried tapping the gas a tiny bit to help it along and got nothing... then I remembered somebody saying that if you fllor it when cranking it will turn off the injectors to clear the flooding. so I floored it, clutch all the way in, gas all the way in. started cranking, let off the gas and BAM started up instantly... but I was under the impression fuel injected cars didn't flood.... is that right???

the entire engine is only supposed to have like 13k miles on it.

anyways... if that was the issue... I feel like I am a real part of the RX7 community now!

Sideways7

iTrader: (7)

Fuel injected rotaries definately flood. It happens worse on older cars due to low compression or old sticky injectors (cleaning them will fix this). It can also happen if you start the ar them immediately shut if off, like moving it from the driveway to the curb. If its really flooded there is another procedure that involves remove the egi fuses, etc. You can find more info about it in the 2nd gen faq sticky.

deagle50ae

I should note that the first time I cranked it I didn't give it long enough for even a normal start. so it may have injected fuel and I wasn't cranking enough to fire it. and then the second time it was flooded. i dunno.
it's low miles on the engine so it definitely shouldn't have any compression issues. and the injector should be the same age as the engine.

Sideways7

iTrader: (7)

Yeah, sometimes it jsut happens for no reason. You're lucky you have an s5. S4's don't have the fuel cut when floored thing, so there's no choice but to pull the fuses. That or install a fuel cut switch.