eclps0

it flooded or i had engine failor it wont crank over at all it dosent even sound lie its going to. I have the m flash and have 25,000 miles on it

eclps0

damm huricane they cant pick up my car till maybe tommorow

cgrx

Could your battery be dead ?

Ellar

I can hear him on the phone now: "What the hell do you mean, 'My Towtruck is on the roof'? Stop playing games, get it down and come get my car!!!"

eclps0

no battery is fine. i tried cranking it over 10 times nothing. It sounds like a metilic sound

eclps0

you have no idea....... :D ........

snap-on

If the solenoid is clicking it's not gonna start. Get a jump

Omicron

Exactly. Sounds just like a nearly dead battery to me.

cgrx

told you

6speed8

are these your symptoms:

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discussion-3/unable-start-engine-40219/

snap-on

Now Now Now...don't go hooking these threads together.


That makes to much sense.

cgrx

LOL

eclps0

its not the battery i jumped it and it does the same damm thing. My friend with a 2nd gen rx7 thinks its blown because he heard the metailic sound when i crank it. And he also smelled the gas in the oil.

snap-on

make sure you are connecting the jumpers correctly.

Ask your friend when he smelled the oil what level of oil/fuel ratio he estimates bases on a sniff test.

RotorGeek

That sucks man I hope you get it fixed.

eclps0

trust me guys i had a mitsu eclipse which would always die i know how to jump a car. Now with the oil it smelled like more gas. after i tried cranking it i would step out of the car and smell lots of gas. Also when it cranks it wont turn over and its a nails against chalk board sound ( sounds like the seals grinding against the walls) my friend with the 2nd gen said if the engine gets flooded enough it will wash away all of the oil which lubes the seals and housings so basically what is happening when i crank the engine is the seals are digging into the housing or chattering. Which in turn means rebuild with new seals./ rotors or a new engine.

also the lights and everything else were off so my bad was good it was only sitting for a day in my garage during the huricane

snap-on

So stop trying NOW..

Call road side asst an get the car to the dealer.

eclps0

i stopped trying to crank it. beacuse of this dumb hurricane they dont know when AAA can pick up my car.

eclps0

tow truck guy came he was working as a tow driver for about 30 some odd years. He told me my car sounds liek it has no compression, he checked teh battery it was fully charged he thinks my engine is bye bye. Also i have my K&n intake on tehre i hope mazda wont give me a problem. K&n garenties it wont void your wareenty so it shouldny be a problem.

Air Force RX8

Good luck, let us know what the outcome is...

RotorGeek

I hope it turns out ok for you.

eclps0

i found out waht it was i had alott of water in my engine. tehy have it running now theya re going to test it to see if its ok

G8rboy

Did you drive through deep water and forget about it??

RotorGeek

That would have been some deep *** water.

G8rboy

That makes me wonder about the secondary VFAD flap-actuated intake duct that sucks from down low in front of the radiator... it wouldn't take too much water (less than 1 foot?) to get that duct underwater, but it would seem to me that with the primary air duct dry and sucking more air, you'd really have to be revving high and hard to get water sucked up there (7250RPM+).

I'm not sure where the primary duct is height-wise, but I would imagine that would really take some deep water to get you into trouble.