Ridge Tech

i can not of the life of me fiqure out why my car want start. i let it sit for about 3 days with out anyone touching it. i go to start it and i want. I pulled the plugs to find it was flooding, ok fine, i replace the plugs with new one and deflooded the engine. now it still want start, i'vd deflooded it about 5 time and it want kick over. can really close, but then died. I'm on my way out the door to try ATF to start it, but its really pissing me off.

Chris

jimmyv13

Have you checked spark? Try to push start it.

Mark S

iTrader: (1)

When you say you deflooded it 5 times, what method did you use? Often, when a rotary floods, the apex seals wont seal properly when soaked w/ gas. Sometimes you can just remove the plugs, pull the bus that controls the fuel pump, and blow out the chambers. Other times, a good push start does the trick. If both of these don't work, ATF is used to lubricate the apex seals as well as seal them against the housing enough to create the compression needed to start. Try the ATF. The flooding is usually caused by (assuming nothing else is wrong with your car) an injector that leaks residual fuel system preasure into the combustion chamber - flooding it while it sits. This seems to be exacerbated by cold starting the car (Say to move it) and turning it off before it reaches full opperating temp. There are several methods for remedying this listed elsewhere on the site. Hope this helps