Flooded Mazda RX8?
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I run a bodyshop & have had this problem with rx8's.As the vehicle is fuel injected holding the throttle open will not clear it as the injectors will still keep pumping.The best solution I have found is to locate the fuel pump fuse(cant remember where it is on the rx8 now)& remove it,connect a booster pack or surge protected battery charger to the car and spin it over with wide open throttle,you should shortly hear it trying to fire and then clearing,reinsert the fuse while keeping it spinning over.This works for me on most fuel injected cars.Cheers
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not me~~!!, but u should fix it and ride in it man, cars frreaking awsoeme
No but i flooded my Rx7 when i had it. Easy to do, not so easy to sort.
Have. Have not flooded YET.. almost 10,000K, we will see.
hi yup if you dont purge the motor, if you cold start and shut down fast, like to just move it aronud the drive way.. yup many times. till i to learned. b4 shutting her down rev her up about 3- 4 grand an let het fall back down to 1 11/2, this will clear your ports. and you have to stand on the gas an keep tring her .. sucks dont it lol
The Mazda rotaries have always had a tendency to flood. Response suggesting problem after brief start is good. We were always fixing rx7s that were at body shops. They never let engine warm up.
Fix was usually to either replace plugs (expensive) or pinch off fuel line to injectors and crank engine until extra fuel is out of engine and it starts. It will die right away because fuel line is pinched off, but can easily restart then.
On ones that are older, and really flooded, pull plugs, squirt ATF in plug holes (loss of compression due to gas washed combustion chamber) put in new plugs and pinch off fuel lines. It will smoke a bunch until ATF burns off.
hold the gas pedal to the floor, this will cut fuel to the engine and push out the fuel in the engine.
now i have been told that if you have flooded the Mazda rotary engines one times it screws up the engine. this is on like 1989's for sure, have one at the shop. the problem is the ceramic tips on the "pistons" go bad.
need to be real careful if you own an older vehicle.
why yours is or you want to buy one?
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