r0taryr0ck3t

alrighhtttt..well i went camping for 3 days came back, started the rex and the coolant light came on, so i turned it off, toped it up although it didnt need much at all but i topped it up anyways.. i went to go start the car after i was done but it wouldnt start and hasnt for the past 2 days now...what gives??? i am thinking i might need a new ignition system seeing as how i think it was going before, it would idle funny and bag out at around 5000 rpm in 3rd 4th and 5th gears? that may not be the ignition systems fault though but thats what ima try first. if not the ignition system what else could it be???
thx alot
Blake
p.s. ---> its an 84 gsl by the way with nothing modded but a fart can muffler and a cold air intake

seanrot

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NEED MORE INFO!!!! what exactly is it doing? I mean describe what happens when you turn the key. like click click click, absolutely nothing. type stuff

Rotor13B

When was the last time you checked/changed your plugs?

slashdawg00110

And the fuel filter? Crapping out at higher rpms is a common thing when the filter is getting clogged. Are you getting fuel to the engine? have you checked the float bowl levels? Any fuel in there? if there is, pull the airbox off, move the accel pump linkage by hand and see if you see fuel squirting from the nozzles.

r0taryr0ck3t

well i have had her for about a year and a half now and havent changed the plugs but i did check them a couple months ago and they seemed to be fine...is the float bowl that bowl-like thing when you look down you air cleaner into the carb?? if so then yes i do have some fuel sitting in there.. i couldnt figure out what it was though, what does this mean?

Nivvinabon

I'm guessing you didn't let it heat up before topping off the Coolant.

Sounds like he might have flooded the engine maybe? I never have that problem, but then again, I allways let my car heat up before even thinking to shut it off... Well most the time.

If it's manual you could allways try Push starting it. If that starts it. Then it's either the Starter or the Battery Terminals, could be other things, but I'd suspect that.

Oh and change the plugs anyways, that's just good Car Mainanence there! Heck do a complete Tune-Up. Allways a good idea for a used car that you don't know much history wise.

slashdawg00110

The bowls are located on the front and rear of the carb, outboard of what you see when you look down through the airbox. When you look down through the airbox, what you see are the 4 venturis (barrels). The big ones are the secondaries; the smaller are the primaries. Do you have fuel sitting in the secondaries? If so, you're flooded big-time, probably because of mal-adjusted float bowls or sticking needle valves. Good time for a carb rebuild.

cdrad51

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=162062

r0taryr0ck3t

nono i know about the primary barrels and the secondary barrells haha but off to the side there is almost what looks like a small sink that has a hole through the carb wall it almost looks like and there is some fuel sitting in there

slashdawg00110

On the driver's side or the passenger side of the carb?

r0taryr0ck3t

drivers side i believe

slashdawg00110

i think you're looking at the vent bowl. Is the vent bowl solenoid hooked up? You should see a plug with wires coming out from the area just below the fuel inlets. That connector needs to be connected or you'll have problems with flooding.

have you run through the stuff in the mother of all no-start threads?

r0taryr0ck3t

not yet... but i am leaving right away for a fuel filter and new spark plugs