Negus

Let me just say it up front, I am def an Rx-7 lover, but I truly don't know much about working on them...just learning.

I'm having some toruble getting my 7 to start.
Anyhow, here is the background, anyone with an idea of what I should do next just hit me up on my e-mail.
I own a 91 non-turbo rx7, about 2 years now. I went on holliday and had to leave the car parked in the cold for about 2 weeks, so unfortunately it wasn't getting started every morning like it should have been. When I got back I started the car one night, just to make sure that it was still starting. It started up, but I didn't run it. I tried to start it up the next day to run it and of course it didn't start. Now the fan is turning, everything is coming on and the car is trying to start, but it is just not kicking in. I was told that the plugs were probably flooded, so I bought new plugs. I took the old plugs out and started the car so that it could kick out the extra gas. When I did this the engine was intermittantly kicking gas out of the hole for the trailing 2 plug (Top right hole). I tested the compression in the two leading holes and there was compression. I put the new plugs in and tried to start it again...the same thing is happening.

So that is the story. All suggestions are welcomed.

Much thanks

jmardorf

i don't know about the na but i had an olde TII injectors that were old and they would leak after i shut them off. I would have to wait for about 2 hr or use the relay/fuse trick. To start a flooded car u can try using that method but if it's REALLY bad you have to do what u did and crank some fuel out. You can then try to put about 1/2 cup oil in each rotor. The gas films the oil and doesn't get as much compression as normal. It'll get ALOT of smoke but this worked for me once.

StarionX

Easiest thing to try (if cutting off the fuel doesn't work)is 'tow' starting. I managed to badly flood my TII last week, and it would not start at all (even using fuel cut switch). I finally had it tow started, fired up within 30 seconds. Runs fine now.

Here's a big tip - DO NOT start the car when it's cold, then shut it off straight away. It WILL flood. Even if you have no intentions of driving it, make sure you let it warmup for at least 10 minutes.

Just noticed you have an S5 (89-91 model), which means that if you press the accelerator ALL the way while you try to start it, it will activate fuel cut. So you can do that rather than unplugging the fuel fuse, to start it if the engine is flooded.

hypntyz7

Flooded. www.rotaryresurrection.com/fuel_cutoff.html