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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 06:55 PM
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FL Suddenly, the car won't start

I went out to drive my RX 7 the other day, and the car would not start. It ran fine just the day before with no issues. It seems to be getting plenty of fuel, just won't fire. I am wondering if there are any "known issues" in this area I can look at before digging into the ignition. Thanks for your help.
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 07:23 PM
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Does it turn? If it turns, look to see if the needle bounces on the RPM guage, if it doesn't, check Crank Angle Sensor or wires to it.
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 07:42 PM
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Suddenly, the car won't start

If you smell fuel its probably flooded, deflood it and see what happens
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Old Jul 26, 2015 | 09:54 PM
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FL A bit more information.

And another question.

Pretty sure it's not flooding, although I could be wrong and will check. Is it possible for a fuel injected car to flood if you don't give it any throttle? My other cars have carburetors.

This same thing happened a while ago and I solved it by replacing the spark plugs. The ones in there were pretty bad. At the time, I was unaware that the leading and trailing plugs were a different part number. Could this make a difference?
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Old Jul 27, 2015 | 12:29 AM
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take a spark plug out.
If it is wet then it is flooded,easy as that...look up one of the many deflooding procedures.
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