My FD swas SO flooded last night!
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My FD swas SO flooded last night!
Yes, I had done the 'pull it into the garage from the driveway' no-no the night before.....idiot me!
So when I went to start it last night, it did that oh-so-telling little "whirr whirr whirr" anemic burping noise.....oh damn!
And this time, I actually ran the battery down once, but in the end I got it started by using my "hold the pedal to the floor, crank 5 seconds, let off and crank 5 seconds, repeat......" routine.
My God that thing was flooded! It poured blue smoke for a good 40 seconds.....poor thing. When will I learn that you CANNOT just start an FD up for a few seconds, especially in cold weather?
So when I went to start it last night, it did that oh-so-telling little "whirr whirr whirr" anemic burping noise.....oh damn!
And this time, I actually ran the battery down once, but in the end I got it started by using my "hold the pedal to the floor, crank 5 seconds, let off and crank 5 seconds, repeat......" routine.
My God that thing was flooded! It poured blue smoke for a good 40 seconds.....poor thing. When will I learn that you CANNOT just start an FD up for a few seconds, especially in cold weather?
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I'm praying right now mine didn't get flooded :p
Yesterday, I went to crank her up, but the battery had almost no power. It turned over very slowly for a few seconds then I gave up since I didn't want it to get flooded. Am gonna jump her tomorrow.
I pray that she didnt get flooded
Yesterday, I went to crank her up, but the battery had almost no power. It turned over very slowly for a few seconds then I gave up since I didn't want it to get flooded. Am gonna jump her tomorrow.
I pray that she didnt get flooded
#3
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Re: My FD swas SO flooded last night!
Originally posted by bajaman
Yes, I had done the 'pull it into the garage from the driveway' no-no the night before.....idiot me!
So when I went to start it last night, it did that oh-so-telling little "whirr whirr whirr" anemic burping noise.....oh damn!
And this time, I actually ran the battery down once, but in the end I got it started by using my "hold the pedal to the floor, crank 5 seconds, let off and crank 5 seconds, repeat......" routine.
My God that thing was flooded! It poured blue smoke for a good 40 seconds.....poor thing. When will I learn that you CANNOT just start an FD up for a few seconds, especially in cold weather?
Yes, I had done the 'pull it into the garage from the driveway' no-no the night before.....idiot me!
So when I went to start it last night, it did that oh-so-telling little "whirr whirr whirr" anemic burping noise.....oh damn!
And this time, I actually ran the battery down once, but in the end I got it started by using my "hold the pedal to the floor, crank 5 seconds, let off and crank 5 seconds, repeat......" routine.
My God that thing was flooded! It poured blue smoke for a good 40 seconds.....poor thing. When will I learn that you CANNOT just start an FD up for a few seconds, especially in cold weather?
I thought I was going to go nuts getting it to start again and blaming myself for screwing up my vacuum hose job. All it took was four new plugs and zoom, zoom!
#4
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The FD ecu has built in logic for clearing flooding - put the accel all the way to the floor PRIOR to turning the key and the ecu will cut off all fuel flow - crank- try twice then if it still dosen't fire change the leading plugs - also a FULLY charged battery helps - mine was VERY hard to start when the battery was going bad even though it still tested OK.
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Originally posted by JoeD
what causes the rotary to flood?? just turning it on then back off before the enigne warms up?? why does the enigne flood if you do that?
TIA
what causes the rotary to flood?? just turning it on then back off before the enigne warms up?? why does the enigne flood if you do that?
TIA
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