slotter67

I started my car, moved it into the garage and switched the engine off before it got warm (sin of sins I know now!).
It will not start at all, I have tried various things (removing EGI main fuse etc etc.) do you have any ideas at all that don’t involve removing the plugs, as I am bloody useless and will have to get the car towed if I cant start it and I miss my baby too much
Ps. compressions are fine

Thanks in anticipation

Slotter67

DK

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No because if it's flooded then the plugs need to be dried, man! Good luck, though.

P.S. -- When I saw that you were from England I had to go back and read your entire post in a funny British accent.

JoeD

can someone explain just how the engine will flood by turing it on then off after a short period of time?? why does this happen?? also, what do you do when the car wont start after the enigne is flooded??

TIA

bajaman

I too have often wondered what it is about the rotary that makes them prone to flooding.....all I know is that my FC was notorious for it, and my FD has done it a few times now.
I can only surmise it is something in the "cold start" menu of the ECU programming, as one thing I never hear is carburated engines flooding...

When my cars have flooded, I just hold the pedal to metal, then turn the key on and crank for a while, let off, take my foot off, and crank it some, and repeat, the trick here is to floor it BEFORE turning the ignition on, as the ECU will perform a fuel cut in these circumstances. And you have to have a damned good battery, one that is capable of a couple of minutes total cranking time.

Dragon

pull the yellow egi relay in the relay box on the left strut piller, crank it over for about 15 seconds wait about 30 seconds and do it again for 15 seconds then plug the relay back in and see if she will fire up....

Chris