what now push start didnt work
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what now push start didnt work
i have an 87 na that i think is flooded i tried to push start it and it didnt work. how fast to u have to be going to make this work?
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you need to be going fairly fast... not like 30mph or anything but hills are nice for this purpose. To my knowledge (which isn't that expansive), if done correctly, there is no reason why the car shouldn't start if everything is fine. does it turn over? do you have spark?It doesn't sound like the fuel system as you said that you thought it was flooded, but you may wanna check voltage to the fuel pump etc.
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The oil is to replace the oil film washed away by the excess fuel. Without that it's very hard to build enough compression to start. It will not do any harm.
Are you sure you have spark?
Are you sure you have spark?
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Is that compression number recent? Are you sure you still have good compression? If you crank the engine with the leading plug removed (do one rotor at a time) do you hear even compression sounds?
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yes the comp was taken yesterday and i had a comp gage with the button held down watching for even bounces of the needle of at least 35 psi and then i let go of the button and see what it could build to and i got 120
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You're in Bakersfield... That explains everything! It's got Valley Fever! (The only way it would get better/worse is if you lived in Oildale: The Gateway to Bakersfield)
You can turn the engine over right? Does it at least try to start? Might be a clogged exhaust.
You can turn the engine over right? Does it at least try to start? Might be a clogged exhaust.
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drop your exhaust/remove your cats from just before the headers (between the headers and precats). Crank it see if it starts. It will be loud, and illegal if you drive it on the streets like that.
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Fiddle with the accelerator while starting...
If you got enough battery charge, and add some air to the mixture, you can deflood your engine.
It takes a bit of finesse, though.
If you got enough battery charge, and add some air to the mixture, you can deflood your engine.
It takes a bit of finesse, though.
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mine did this, had spark, gas, and cleaned it out for hours. had an extra ecu and slapped it in and it worked. lol. it seems like it wouldnt happen but it has. and it did start for a minute with a bad ecu. but only once.
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Using the S5 deflood feature never seems to have much effect for me.
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Doing that will never "coax" the engine into doing anything. Maximum airflow and zero fuel is by far the best way to unflood an engine, and massively overwhelming experience proves that. Most likely your engine just wasn't very flooded.
Can you explain how moving the accelerator could do anything positive?
Can you explain how moving the accelerator could do anything positive?
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When I had to deal with bad flooding issues with my old engine and with customers cars, I always disconnected to the fuel pump at its electrical connector, I think there is actually a fuse but im usually back there doing something anyways, and I was always able to get the engine running with the foot firmly planted on throttle to the floor.