well, my car wont start lol. first i thought my battery was bad, so i got a new one and replaced it and it still wont start. it makes the sound like its about to start but then it doesnt. i dont know if its flooded from my dad stepping on the pedal to try to give it gas to start or if its cold start problems. or theres something wrong with my spark plugs or all that sort of mess. so i think it could be a number of things. can someone please help meeeee = ( thats my wish for the holidays is to get the 7 running.

 

Sounds flooded, and you touched the gas. Pull the EGI fuse and the lower plugs and turn the car over for a bit. That'll clear out the gas. Then try and start it.

 

^ What he said.

 

look at my old posts, big thread on it when i had my problems

 

wheres the EGI Fuse Located on the motor? i dont know anything about rotary motors... so all the help in like...ROTarys for Dummies, detail would much be appreciated

 

pull/push start ftw...
flooded or no, it always worked for me (cept with an AT)
otherwise, what they said

 

Good idea. I +1 this but I also recommend removing the trailing plugs. Crank the starter several times, for several seconds at a time, until no smoke shoots out of the plug holes. The chambers are awash in fuel.

Clean the plugs off if you can. Once you put the plugs back in, give it a try again starting it but modulating the throttle mildly part-way. If that doesn't do it, put a half capful of ATF in the intake then give it a go.

Next thing to try would be jump-starting off of someone else's running car to get the starter to crank more quickly.

B

 

Or you can use the old 1 oz. of ATF in each rotor housing trick. Pull a plug from each housing, put in an oz of ATF, put the plugs back in, put your foot to the floor and start it.

The flooding washes the oil out, so you get no compression. The ATF restores the compression long enough to start.

Prepare for a large cloud of white smoke though...

If the car is an S5, just holding the accelerator to the floor until it starts.
Though I did have to resort to the ATF once on an S5.

 

It could be flooded as that's an infrequent but common nuisance for rotary engines. Good info to correct is found in the following websites: "Mark Tsai's" and "RX-7.com/techarticles". I've experienced the nuisance and so know that the articles give good info. Good luck.

 

hey, if you need help give me a call man, my folks live pretty close to you and i'm stayin at their place over winterbreak. if your free this weekend i could help you with that.

 

yeah im, going to try and give it a go tonight. this motors in pretty bad shape though. the guy that owned it kinda didnt wanna take care of it. i bought it pretty nice on the body.. but the engine.. was just...eeh.. its been giving me problem after problem.. but hey i love it still. hopefully this works out.

 

oh and han ill give you a call if i it doesnt work for me solo

 

still havent gotten it to start. i had a buddy of mine come over. and when i tried to start it he said it sounds like i dont have any compression going to the motor. but then hes never worked on rotary....AHHHHHH

 

Why don't you check the compression? If you can't find a compression-tester, at least pull the plugs and listen for even "whooshes" coming from the spark-plug holes while the engine is being turned over.

 

the only way i got my car to start after being flooded even after i did the pull the egi was a compression start. (poping the clutch). just find a hill and a few friends to push your car. or im my case your gf

 

i second that, that was my last resort and it worked....also check the back of your intake tube if you messed with it. i forgot about the hoses in the back and had a massive vac leak that kept killin my car when i didnt have my foot on the gas

 

ehh i figured it out im not getting current to my plugs. uhm im thinking of replacing my Coil igniters and my distributor since there the same ones that were on the car when it was ORIGINALLY bought. anyways if anyone has those pm me please thanks