Fixed Flooding now I am hitting Fuel Cut!! WTF
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Fixed Flooding now I am hitting Fuel Cut!! WTF
Hey guys, I just un-flooded my car last night. I installed new spark plugs, and spark plug wires, and when I drive it now I hit the fuel cut when i give it 1/2 throttle or more!!
Any ideas??? Could it be a leak in the throttle body, I made sure the plug wires were on tight, I can't think of any reasons why its hitting the fuel cut now, it ran fine before the flooding. . .
Any help would be great.
Thanks Justus
Mods: Apexi Intake, Pettit DP, 3" Cat. back(custom), and Profec B set at 10 PSI.
Any ideas??? Could it be a leak in the throttle body, I made sure the plug wires were on tight, I can't think of any reasons why its hitting the fuel cut now, it ran fine before the flooding. . .
Any help would be great.
Thanks Justus
Mods: Apexi Intake, Pettit DP, 3" Cat. back(custom), and Profec B set at 10 PSI.
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Well I don't know it is fuel cut but from what I have searched it seems like what people describe it to be.
Once I give it 1/2 throttle or more it starts to accelerate then just stops and throws me forward a little. Like it stopped getting fuel. . .
Maybe its something else any help would be apperciated.
Thanks Justus
Once I give it 1/2 throttle or more it starts to accelerate then just stops and throws me forward a little. Like it stopped getting fuel. . .
Maybe its something else any help would be apperciated.
Thanks Justus
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I flooded the car by pulling it into the garage from the street and turning right off ( I don't know what I was thinking)
I just checked for that vacuum line but couldn't find it.
Can you give me a better description of its location?
Hey John, if I go WOT out of gear it revs up fine.
Thanks Justus
I just checked for that vacuum line but couldn't find it.
Can you give me a better description of its location?
Hey John, if I go WOT out of gear it revs up fine.
Thanks Justus
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Also might want to check the water temp sensor plug behind the filler neck. My car ran fine put when that plug came loose it would not go when i gave it gas. It was too rich.
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Syder, pulling into the garage and shutting off is not going to flood the car. If you disconnected the PRC you may have issues when restarting but do you have a factory service manual?
The FPR is on the firewall side of the intake manifold. You can feel the roundness of it if you put your hand down there.
The FPR is on the firewall side of the intake manifold. You can feel the roundness of it if you put your hand down there.
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Syder, pulling into the garage and shutting off is not going to flood the car. If you disconnected the PRC you may have issues when restarting but do you have a factory service manual?
The FPR is on the firewall side of the intake manifold. You can feel the roundness of it if you put your hand down there.
Syder, pulling into the garage and shutting off is not going to flood the car. If you disconnected the PRC you may have issues when restarting but do you have a factory service manual?
The FPR is on the firewall side of the intake manifold. You can feel the roundness of it if you put your hand down there.
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Yep. You would think the flooding would have been the first light bulb
In the entire time I've owned my FD (about 7 years) I have never once had to unflood it.
In the entire time I've owned my FD (about 7 years) I have never once had to unflood it.
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https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=263417
Please verify proper ignition wire routing while we're at it.
LT1: Looks like both of you guys are in Oregon.
Please verify proper ignition wire routing while we're at it.
LT1: Looks like both of you guys are in Oregon.
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I didn't do anything to lead to the flooding, from what I have read from searching for flooding it is pretty common to flood an FD by doing what I did.
The wires are routed correctly I did check that, and I don't think it would start if they were routed wrong.
It ran great before it flooded, it sat in the garage for about 3 weeks(snow) until I went to start it and found out it was flooded.
John- I am not sure when it stumbles b/c the boost gauge doesn't have a light and I wasn't watching the RPMs while I was driving,
What are you doing tomorrow, maybe I can give you a ride and we can look at it.
Thanks Justus
The wires are routed correctly I did check that, and I don't think it would start if they were routed wrong.
It ran great before it flooded, it sat in the garage for about 3 weeks(snow) until I went to start it and found out it was flooded.
John- I am not sure when it stumbles b/c the boost gauge doesn't have a light and I wasn't watching the RPMs while I was driving,
What are you doing tomorrow, maybe I can give you a ride and we can look at it.
Thanks Justus
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Justus, I'm gong to a friends house in portland tomorrow. I'll pretty much be working on my car on monday and tuesday. I've decided to drop the turbo for a twin setup. My best bet is your gas is bad or your fuel filter is clogged. If it's your filter, you're on your own
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Sounds like backwards spark plug wires since that was your mod. Double check it just incase, good way to blow an engine..
Sounds like backwards spark plug wires since that was your mod. Double check it just incase, good way to blow an engine..
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Check the wire going into the knock sensor, it you may have accidently yanked on it when you changed the wires and plugs.
I had the same thing happen to me when I did a plug change. Since the knock sensor is in that area, I must have caught it with my hand and pulled the wire out of the sensor. I told my mechanic the symptoms and that all I did was a spark plug change and I'm hitting fuel cut. Thats when he checked the knock sensor and....bingo! the wire was out.
I had the same thing happen to me when I did a plug change. Since the knock sensor is in that area, I must have caught it with my hand and pulled the wire out of the sensor. I told my mechanic the symptoms and that all I did was a spark plug change and I'm hitting fuel cut. Thats when he checked the knock sensor and....bingo! the wire was out.
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