I have just done the unflooding method, and i cant believe it but worked. MAN, the smoke covered the whole street and one side of the houses. Anywayz, now im suffering from poor idling and poor acceleration. What can this be? Is the car supposed to run poor after unfloodin it? I have a 91 NA with 124K and has ran good til after this incident. This is the first time it flooded on me, so plz help me out. thanks in advance.

 

Check the compression, first and foremost.

 

Yeah compression and check to see if its running rich... why did it flood in the first place??

 

I don't know why it flooded. The car ran very well. On New Years Eve I was driving like 110-130MPH for 45 miles going to Merced, Ca to Fresno, CA. And I was racing an accord. The trip back, the car ran fine. Then i didnt drive it for a whole day. Then it just flooded. I did the unflooding procedure, and it worked. But poor acceleration. O yea, the stupid wannabe mechanic put in trailing spark plugs in the leading spark plug holes. And I started it up with that and drove around the block a few times. I changed that now though. Anyways, is compression supposed to severely drop after the unflooding method? Can the wrong spark plugs cause poor acceleration?

 

Having the plugs in the wrong holes won't hurt anything BUT having the plug wires going to the wrong plug will. Make sure you have the leading coil attached to the lower plugs and the trailing coil attached to the correct upper trailing plug. #1 is in the front of the engine, #2 is towards the back.

If you get the trailing plug wires crossed, you will see a lack of power and poor idle.

 

might want to replace the plugs anyway, since they're probably all fucked up from the flooding. and they're only like $4 a piece.

 

flooding is usually caused by poor tunning or leaky injectors. The car will continue to flood more then likely if this is the case. I advise to install a fuel cut off switch as a band aid method until you are able to correct the main cause of the problem.

as far as compression test, you are gonna have to wait till the atf is burned out, otherwise you will get bad numbers.

 

Run the ATF outta the engine and then check the compression numbers, you might also get poor accel below 3500 if your auxillary ports are wired open.

 

$4!!!!! i dunno about you but i know my NGK's are alot more than that.. it hink there more around the $15 Can/ plug mark

 

hey eternal im from fresno. I have a white 91 n/a.

 

BZZT. The usual cause of flooding is low compression. The engine, at low speeds, will not pump in enough air during start-up. That's why cleaning the injectors only works half the time, and why you can install "leaky injectors" into a brand new engine and have the car never flood.
It is also why push starting works.
The seals are not very efficient during cranking since the centrifugal force is so low at 250 rpms.
Another cause is a weak starter and weak battery.

 

drifter 101, that animation in your sig RULES

 

I didn't use ATF, the unflooding method said motor oil is ok too, so i just used motor oil. And i do have the right plug wires in #1 is marked with a white tag, and blues are top, black are bottoms. I have my own repair manual by haynes. but this flooding thing i am not familiar with and just barey went through this. Did your guys' cars get poor acceleration after unflooding? Thats wat i really need to know b4 i take it to tha shop. And cjbechtel, i haven't seen yo car yet. but you'll see me, im the asian dude around driving a dark blue FC. If I got low compression, I might as well buy a TII engine now than rebuild it.

 

Mines white with stock gunmetal powdercoated rims suspension and exhaust. Perhaps some time you will see mine. What area in fresno are you from?

 

Take the spark plugs out and listen for three even wooshes on each rotor. (search for compression test)
When you're done doing that, I will tell you what to check next.

No, poor acceleration should not follow unflooding.

 

Sidenote: It is recommended to change your oil after doing the unflooding procedure.

 

are you selling your car on autotrader. There is a blue fc for sale in fresno. I dont see many rx-7s in fresno.