UpNorth

Surprised to see so many different solutions to the flooding problems of 1st gen rx7's. I've owned my car for about 16 years (or more...can't remember). It has been terribly abused - has sat, at times, for over a year or two (one time, squirrels nested in the engine compartment - completely filling it with tree crap etc), very little work or maintenance has ever been done on it...Dreadful neglectful owner!
I needed it the other day (after not running it for almost 2 years - this time it was at least in the garage) when the engine blew on the Blazer (horrid vehicle). Charged the battery, put air in the tires and fired it up and drove away. Okay, a few things aren't what they used to be - no radio, no clock, no pretty lights on the stereo thingy but it runs quite well, considering!
Back to flooding - or as I've seen it worded here - won't start when it's hot. The easiest solution I found years ago when I was plagued by this problem was to install a switch the cuts off the fuel pump, start the car, flip the switch back on and you never have to push start again. Also works as an anti-theft device. Thieves can start the car but it will die quickly if the switch isn't flipped back on.
I guess I have a "Wednesday Car".
150,000 km
Black
Targa...now that's rare! Also being a Canadian car, I have headlight washers - they don't work, but I have them!

Jeezus

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I just deflooded my car not 2 hours ago. I just pull out the fuel pump fuse, remove the spark plugs, and spin the motor over for about 5 seconds. Reinstall, and it starts.

UpNorth

My car is an 84 gsl se with a 13b

trochoid

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After sitting for so long and so frequently, you need to clean the entire fuel system, tank to injectors. The flooding is almost always due to leaking injectors. Take them out and send thm off for service/cleaning. Whens the last time you change the fuel filter, or for that matter any of the other fluids.

If you plan on driving it more than just Wednesdays, it's time for the full 60k tuneup which includes cap, rotor, plugs, wires and all fluids, oil, tranny, diff and coolant.

Yes, you have been a neglectful owner. Good to see someone poke fun at themselves instead of ripping another on the forum. After 16 years of ownership, a belated welcome to the forum and the Darkside. In my sig is a link to the online FSMs, that will guide you through the injector removal. While you have the intake off, it's a good time to pull and clean the aux ports sleeves and clean them and replace most of the hard/rotting vacuum hoses. Be very careful removing the vac hoses from any of the plastic nipples, the are quite brittle by now and break easily.
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