I see a lot of people in the US/Canada/Europe complaining about the engine flooding problem (when it is turned off without having warmed up properly. My question is, does this problem affect rotary engines in our nice warm climates?

I understand and follow the precautions for avoiding flooding, but if I can avoid doing a few rounds around the neighborhood after a short drive, it would be good :D

 

I am from Canada, which is obviously less than tropical (then again, I have NEVER flooded....) however, I may be able to provide some up-to-date info for you -

The car injects a lot of fuel when "cold" to warm up the catalyst quickly. Sometimes this fuel would wet the plugs if stalled or shut off early. The latest update for the computer (R) addresses this, delaying the rich condition until the engine is "stable", this should hopefully minimize the flooding problem.

As I say, never flooded, and got 40k kilometers on it.

S

 

My closes to a flooding is when i did not rev the engine before shutting off; only twice.

So far no problems. I always rev before shutting off and i believe my chnage to a synthetic oil helps reduce the problem.

 

nope no problems at all after 20,000km even when shutting down after less than 20sec of starting up and starting again.( forgot to bring handphone). basically i treat it like any other cars in terms of starting n shutdown.

cheers