im new to this site and only because i am lookin to fix my car well here we go ......well let my car (90 rx7 non turbo) sit all weekend at a friends house while we went out of town....when we came back i moved it to the street ....then i went to leave and it wouldnt start...i take care of her and she never has problems....so i did the unflooding procedures and nothin...then i replaced the spark plugs and did the unflooding procedure without spark plugs then put them in and nothin it just turns ....it sounds like it wants to start put nothin...this is my only car and im stuck at my friends house about 50 miles from mine i need ideas cause im about to grap a shotgun and go crazy on this car lol anyways any help is much appreciated

 

pull both EGI fuses then the lower plugs and crank the engine for 15 seconds then add a couple of squirts of ATF to each hole, put the plugs back in and fuses and try to fire it up.

 

well i tried it and it almost wants to turn over but it just isnt getting there any other ideas or procedures i should follow all i want to do is go home and take a shower

 

have your friend pull start you (use a rope or tow rope to pull you around and pop it in gear. ITs bound to work. Sounds like it is SERVERLY flooded. IF nothing else use the shot gun but not on your-self.

 

sounds flooded..it might take a while to get her started but i bet she would either pull starting or the atf trick.

 

Yeah i agree. Something similar happened to me recently and i had to push start my car. The amount of smoke that came out of that thing was fricking amazing. But it ran fine afterwards.

Just hold out on the shotgun a little longer

 

Might also try a new battery. You have to get the engine to spin as fast as possible when it's flooded, that's why pull starting it works.

 

same thing happen to my car, i did the unflooding proceduers about 20 times and nothing, then i had a friend pull me i stuck it in gear and it sounded extremly weird i pumped the gas and boom, it started and the whole neighborhood went up in smoke

 

can u pull start even if its an automatic and if so just keep it in neutral then pop it into drive

 

no

 

Ewww...it's automatic? Maybe you should shoot it...

 

doesn't it have a locking torque convertor? seems like if you got enough speed it might work. But don't break anything, maybe (not sure, but yes on a subaru) an auto trans in neutral rolling with the engine off wouldn't have fluid flowing to lubricate.

 

yeah i thought so...i just figured this car surprised me once with this flooding crap i dunno in sick of messin with it but i need to get it goin so ill just try or get it towed down to the auto shop i really dont want to but i need to get it goin

 

in addition to both egi fuses... take out plugs and hold a lighter to them for a little while and scrub them with a light wire brush... try to spray solvent too; whenever my car flooded during break in the plugs got fouled and i either had to do that or replace them. i know you replaced them but you may have to do it again... i did. there are also other plugs that seem more hearty but you shouldnt use for an extended period of time... i think they're autolite 2626's.

and don't listen to him... automatics can still be fun, i just wouldn't have taken mine unless it was free.

 

Are you sure your getting fuel

 

try this its more specific

http://www.rx7.com/techarticles_unfloodFC.html

 

everyones tellin me theres 2 fuses on my box it goes egi then airbag i looked up box with pic on internet and there where 2 egi i dont understand why mines different ...well im going out to try again plugs are clean and new and its turning so maybe il try to clear it out again please start

 

they should be the 2 fuses closest to the engine on the driver side strut tower... there is also a yellow connector for the fuel pump by the steering column under the dash inside the car that i've used to disconnect and then crank. some say the yellowish connector has better results anyways.

 

because its automatic it may just have one EGI fuse. the fuse should be the top one.

 

is it going

 

Hey, I think that it is an s5 thing to only have 1 fuse near the engine... that is all my manual has. I just had a similar experience to you. It just took about 4 hours to fix. I turned that thing over a bunch of time to where I was getting white smoke without the fuse in just due to the large amount of gas. So just keep trying, you'll probably need to go through a couple of battery charges. Cleaning my plugs and going between fuel cut wide open starting and giving it a lil bit of throttle it started....

and like somebody said.... dang that large cloud of cancerous gas when it cranks is wretched

 

it is a vert S5 so it only has one EGI fuse but it also has the fuel cut option so leave the EGI fuse in place and remove the plugs and clean them then add a little bit of ATF to each plug hole and reinstall the plugs then floor the accelerator, crank the engine in 15 second bursts about 3 times or so letting the starter cool between crankings then let off the accelerator and apply only a little bit of throttle and crank the engine.

 

s5 cars have only one fuse.

You dont mention injecting any oil or atf into the engine during the unflood procedure, this makes a big difference. IF you have been doing this, try using a little bit more next time. Also, have another set of plugs to try...stock plugs foul easily.

Finally, NEVER move your car and shut it back off when cold...let it warm up fully before shutting it off. IF you shut it off and remember that it was not warmed up, go immediately and start it back up, to prevent it from flooding ( if it hasnt already).

 

are you sure your spark plugs are firing? May want to test the coils, you never know.

 

my s5 has EGI COM and EGI INJ