Flooding engine changing oil????
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Flooding engine changing oil????
Hey i was reading about the whole oil debate, i am in utah which means it gets alot colder so not sure what weight oil to use, anyway you guys keep talking about flooding your car then changing the oil right after and it looking like water or some crap so ok how does one flood his car in the first place? also what do you do so as not to flood your REX what causes it to flood so on and so forth i am fairly new to the internals of RX7 please help me out. Thanks guys
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Usually leaky injectors or shutting the car off during the cold start will flood it. Dont turn your car on drive for like 30s then shut it off, it shouldnt flood then. If you have leaky injectors, get them cleaned and flow tested. Replace if necessary.
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talking about flooding your car then changing the oil right after and it looking like water
Sidenote: Extreme flooding can also reduce compression quite a bit temporarily. All the oil in the chambers that help make compression gets washed off into the oil.
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term of flood
Originally posted by Icemark
Yeah the term flooding means too much fuel in the motor and the car won't start because of it.
Yeah the term flooding means too much fuel in the motor and the car won't start because of it.
of cause, fuel flooding also cause some smoke too. right?
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Re: term of flood
Originally posted by fong
can we use the term "flood" in the case of water seal got broken, and coolant goes into engine, and cause tons of smokes. in this case, sometimes, the car can be started again, but smoke like on fire.
of cause, fuel flooding also cause some smoke too. right?
can we use the term "flood" in the case of water seal got broken, and coolant goes into engine, and cause tons of smokes. in this case, sometimes, the car can be started again, but smoke like on fire.
of cause, fuel flooding also cause some smoke too. right?
So after 80 years, changing Flood or Flooding to mean something else, will just result in more confusion.
Now there is also the car got flooded, meaning the car itself was underwater...
But that is different than the engine being flooded or flooding.
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and yes, almost always if you have flooded the motor, it will result in major white smoke on start-up
Last edited by Icemark; 01-17-03 at 04:44 PM.
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Originally posted by fong
in either case, flood means engine rebuild.
in either case, flood means engine rebuild.
only about 40% of the time habitual flooding is caused by low compression, which requires an engine rebuild.
BTW: another 5% is user error, and the final 5% is a failure in the ECU.
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Hey i was reading about the whole oil debate, i am in utah which means it gets alot colder so not sure what weight oil to use
Were also going to try to get a Dyno day set up soon
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Originally posted by TheHunt
Yes. After you start the car after it has been flooded, you're going to get a crap load of white smoke out the tailpipes.
Yes. After you start the car after it has been flooded, you're going to get a crap load of white smoke out the tailpipes.
I think that you meant black smoke if Flooded from fuel. White smoke would be an indication of burning coolant.
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