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Old 10-14-04, 03:18 PM
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87 GXL wouln't start....

New to the rotary world, I've seen people with many flooding problems and i think I have the same. Car wouldn't start, I changed the plugs, oil, and tried again.

Still nothing, so I pinched the fuel line, wouln't start. pulled the line off and pinched it, it fired right up for 5 sec. smoked like crazy and died. then nothing again. The car also has a pretty bad smoke problem at 5k rpms or up.

My mechanic said to try the ATF trick down the intake manifold. Any suggestions on this. I just need the car to run a little bit before I yank the motor.
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Are the plugs still wet?
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yeah plugs get wet, and have a bit of oil on them. the motor burns oil I know that. I think its just flooded real bad.
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