Car Starts, but then dies, smoke!
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Car Starts, but then dies, smoke!
After working on my car for the past 2-3 months, I finally finished and went to start it up. At first, it would not start after 5 or 6 times trying to crank it. Then I decided to give it some gas while cranking, and then it did start for about 2-3 seconds, and as soon as I let off the gas it died. Im guessing its flooded, but I was just curious that I got it to start, and it still died once I let off the gas. After that I saw some white smoke coming from the engine, not sure where it came from.
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I've not yet changed the plugs but their "new" as I've not driven the car much but I know carbon builds up on the RX7 plugs.
Do I need just keep off the accelerator or is there another trick?
Thanks,
Wiley Winter
Memphis
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I did the rats nest simplification/block off plates, and a new custom intercooler. Im gonna try and put the oem intercooler on, and see where that gets me. Is it possible to just flood by sitting there for a long time? this is gonna make it very difficult to problem solve whats wrong
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I'm having a similar issue. It'll spin and hit for a few seconds but never actually start. I'm not priming the carb with gas but pumping the accelerator a COUPLE of times (two or three) before I hit the key. Sometimes this works...sometimes it doesn't. I'm careful not to flood it...but you know how that does.
I've not yet changed the plugs but their "new" as I've not driven the car much but I know carbon builds up on the RX7 plugs.
Do I need just keep off the accelerator or is there another trick?
Thanks,
Wiley Winter
Memphis
I've not yet changed the plugs but their "new" as I've not driven the car much but I know carbon builds up on the RX7 plugs.
Do I need just keep off the accelerator or is there another trick?
Thanks,
Wiley Winter
Memphis
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I did the rats nest simplification/block off plates, and a new custom intercooler. Im gonna try and put the oem intercooler on, and see where that gets me. Is it possible to just flood by sitting there for a long time? this is gonna make it very difficult to problem solve whats wrong
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Unless your custom IC had something inside of it that shouldnt have been there, you are wasting your time switching out the IC. At idle you should only focus on things after the Throttle body as pretty much anything else will have no effect on how the car runs. Go spend $24.00 at your local Oreillys auto parts store for new plugs and the car will likely fire right up.
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I have never put the wrong wires on the wrong plugs so I have no experience with that, however, my guess is that it would still run.
The car sitting should not foul the plugs or damage. It would be more likely that the battery was nearly dead and you tried starting the car. The battery likely had enough power to fire the fuel injectors but not enough power to spin the starter fast enough for the car to start, thus resulting in flooding.
I recommend changing the plugs every 4-5k miles. It is $24.00 and takes all of 20 minutes.
The car sitting should not foul the plugs or damage. It would be more likely that the battery was nearly dead and you tried starting the car. The battery likely had enough power to fire the fuel injectors but not enough power to spin the starter fast enough for the car to start, thus resulting in flooding.
I recommend changing the plugs every 4-5k miles. It is $24.00 and takes all of 20 minutes.
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