Hello Everyone,

Im driving a 1983 Toyota Starlet with a 13B 2nd gen Carb. Anyways Im not pretty clever about rotary's but I think my car is flooded.

When im starting the car its just cranking but it wont turn over.

The question is simple how can I get the car started?
Flooded etc....

Thanks

 

happened to me once... here ya go http://www.rx7world.org/rx7/modules....ry+Engine+Help

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my ? to u is, have u ever driven a carbed engine car before? the reason for my ? is that ppl r spoiled with all the FI these days so when someone that's had nothing but FI cars all his life and tries to start an engine with a carb on it can't seem to get it started. FI sprays fuel into the engine during cranking. a carbed engine needs a couple pats of the accelerator pedel to get it started. this sprays fuel into the engine for that initial start up. so if ur jumping in and hitting the key without touching the pedal, that's probably the problem.

 

If the car is lightly flooded you can try holding the gas pedal to the floor and crank until it fires... if not then follow these steps

1. pull the coil wire off
2. pull the leading and trailing plugs
3. crank engine over while holding the gas pedal to the floor... continue for 15-20 seconds
4. let rest and repeat step 3 again until most the gas is gone
5. do not allow spark or open flame near the cloud of fuel floating in the air
6. replace spark plugs with new ones
7. re-connect coil wire
8. try to start car while holding the gas pedal to the floor
9. if it doesn't start then give it a pump or two and hold to the floor and crank to start
best of luck

 

If you are SURE the car isn't starting because it flooded, take the air cleaner off and dump some oil down its throat. Sometimes the gas washes out the inside of the combustion chamber and the seals aren't able to make enough compression. You'd think that would drown the plugs but it's never a problem. I've been driving nothing but old rotaries, and needed to do it once a week.

Here's what I'd do in extreme flooding situations:

1. take plugs out and dry them out.
2. disconnect coil.
3. crank the engine over (with no plugs installed) and blow out all the gas that might be inside. Put a cloth near the holes so it'll spay on it instead of in the car engine bay.
4) dump a splash of oil down the carb, or squirt some directly into the spark plug holes.
5) crank the engine by hand if you want.
6) heat plugs up with a propane torch
7) hook everything back up and start the engine.

BE CAREFULL NOT TO FLOOD IT AGAIN.

Most cars don't need you to step on the gas pedal. The vacume from the engine cranking will pull fuel into the engine.