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Old 09-21-08, 07:42 PM
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Flooding - leaky injectors? Searched!

Hey guys, my car has an unusual flooding problem. It only floods when hot, when it has been sitting for half hour to an hour.
When dead cold, I can turn the car on and off repeatedly every 10 seconds and it will not flood and fire straight up. When started within the half hour to an hour bracket, the car will start perfectly when hot.
If it is left a couple hours, the car will again start perfectly.

This leads me to believe my injectors may be leaky, as the car starts fine when hot unless it has been sitting for 1-2 hours? And it starts perfectly when cold.
Would leaky injectors cause this? As when sitting for a while they may drip slowly, but after a couple hours fuel may have evaporated?

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REALLY common problem.

Do a search and there will be lots of different fixs/explinations.

My advice
Install a fuel pump switch, or get a Rtek, there are a crapload of other things but those two are the best and/or easiest.
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Yes, it is a really common problem. And yes I have a fuel pump cut off switch, but I am trying to determine the root of the problem.

I assume if the motor had low compression then it would be difficult to start anytime when hot, and repeated stop starting the motor when cold would also flood it.

This is why I'm asking whether my theory about leaky injectors is plausable before I pull them all out and get them checked.
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Yes, leaky injectors cause a lot of this. Send them out for a cleaning, it's cheap, and will get them working like new.
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i send my injectors to www.witchhunter.com they are en excellent company. the cost is about $85 with a turn around of about 4 days. i sent mine in on monday and had them back in the 10AE on friday. what a difference.
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check your Temp sender on the back of the water pump.sometimes that is the Problem..(look into it.)
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ok ill give the temp sender a look first thanks
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Originally Posted by mazdaverx713b
i send my injectors to www.witchhunter.com they are en excellent company. the cost is about $85 with a turn around of about 4 days. i sent mine in on monday and had them back in the 10AE on friday. what a difference.
The OP is in Australia; he's probably going to want to find someone local to send them to. Witchhunter is great though ; I use them too.
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