yesterday my husband was driving home from work, when his car started acting like it was running out of gas, it then bogged out and shut off, he was close enough to coast into the gas station. He then checked the fuel pump, it was working, so he tried to crank the car and it would turn over and start but then would die again within seconds of cranking. ??? So he then changed the fuel filter and attempted to crank it. After several attempts (and jumping it off) we got it to start and stay running so that we could get it home. The car when running now seems to run very rough, backfiring even. It seems to be firing from only one cylinder??? we checked each coil one by one and 3 of them when we disconnected them there was no change in the engine but one of then when it was disconnected the car bogged down and shut off. By the sounds of it, i believe that the engine could possibly be flooded and in turn fouled out the plugs. but im not sure?? So Im thinking we might could deflood the engine to solve these issues, but i might be way off base........ please help if you can

RX7Club may be a better place to ask this question. While some here own a 7, you may be able to get a better response there.

tyvm...i didnt know there was a site specifically for rx7's

Pull you lower plugs look for coolant,if you see coolant you have a bad housing seal causing you troubles ,replace the plug while you are there if it starts and runs great maybe fowled plugs was all,if not,put some engine oil down your intake manifold,if the motor starts and sounds like you said running on one rotor you may have apex seal problem/damage. careful it will smoke like a mosquito fogger truck,let me know how it goes,good luck.

The car when running now seems to run very rough, backfiring even. It seems to be firing from only one cylinder???

Eh?
Dont suppose this is an LS-swap 7 was it?

he cleaned the spark plugs and jumped it off and it ran okay. kinda surprised considering how bad it was running yesterday... there is still sputtering ... going to check/recharge battery ..... maybe sputtering can be resolved by simple tune-up... change spark plugs, oil, filter, gas treatment etc.