rock1t

Alright for the past few months, every few days I will have to deflood my car. Usually by pulling out the EGI relay, turning it over with the pedal to the floor, re-installing the relay then she will start.

Well, she hasn't been starting like that anymore. I have done the complex de-flooding procedure by pulling out the plugs, pouring in ATF, and turning her over. That has worked twice.

Yesterday I tried and tried and it didn't work at all. I checked my temp sensor and it's connected. I went out there this morning and she fired up. I let her get to operating temp and let her run for like 15 minutes.

So now where do i go? Someone give me advice before I burn the car to the ground.

Also this is a 1986 N/A completely bone stock. No free mods either.

driftxsequence

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first, search how to wire up a fuel cut off switch, it'll save you a lot of hassle...if my car ever floods i just pop the switch, keep turning it over till it fires up and then i pop the switch back on.

secondly check your compression, if its bone stock, all original with 1xx,xxx miles you may need a new engine due to low compression (search how to check for compression). an easy and quick way to tell if this is true is that if you start the engine while its cold it is hard to start up, go for a 5-10 minute drive to warm up the engine and then turn it off (let it sit for 30 seconds to a minute) and try to turn it on again. if it starts up right away then your engine may be on its last leg.

thirdly, your fuel pump may be going bad, mine would work but only if the engine was cold (i know it sounds weird...)

Gurew

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someone call a guru? ---^ what he said is correct....

FelixIsGod29X

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Even if the engine struggles to start while warm it could be on its way out, not just cold. What the OP needs to do is a compression test while warm. If that passes then get your injectors cleaned. When was your last tune up?

funkjaw

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I had a similar problem. My thermo sensor behind the t-stat housing was bad, would cause it to be snot rich and flood constantly. It was also plugged in as well, just was bad.