jcrane81

i have a 04 rx8 its been exellent no problems at all allways starts hot or cold and i have never flooded it.
i was in an accident and it haf to be left for 6 weeks, i finally went to start it and the battery was dead so i tried to jump start it off my van with jump leads but sadly the starter motor cranks but no spark, the car cant flood from sitting can it? also if there wasnt enough power in the battery and i keep trying to start it will i flood the engine? please help really frustrating
thanks


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BigCajun

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You may have flooded it in your initial attempt to start it. If you tried to jump it with a dead battery, the starter may not have been spinning fast enough.
Try the DIY deflood procedure, wouldn't hurt.
*edit* If your battery is weak, it could easily flood.

Mazurfer

This wasn't really said that I can pick out from your post or the one above. If your battery is truly dead you may not even be able to jump the car. That may be the case and not so much flooding.

jcrane81

i going to take the battery out and charge it fully then try again i hope this works,
on my last attempt yesterday i tried to start it with the accelorater pedal to the floor then lifted it up and nothing, im new to this so i dont know what im doing so i hope i havnt flooded the car when it wasnt flooded or made it worse, i thought you can only flood the car once the engine has started then switched off.



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BigCajun

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Did you search for a deflooding DIY?
Flooding has many causes, cold start and stop flooding is usually a symptom of bad ignition.
I flooded mine once before I fixed my ignition and now I don't worry about it.
I had a new battery so that wasn't my issue. I used the pulling the fuel pump fuse method with my battery hooked to a charger JIC, & it started after a few attempts.
It might be worth it to get your battery checked to be sure it's good so you can eliminate that possibility & don't waste your time.

jcrane81

my coils and plugs have been changed not long ago ive never had any problems with it starting i cant see the ingnition system being week considering how good the car is ill be suprised if its flooded just from sitting around for 6 weeks, ill try get the battery sorted if it still dont start ill try deflood procedure, what is the best way to deflood?



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BigCajun

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Like I said, try the DIY section search for deflooding, I had success pulling the fuse.
Good luck!

jcrane81

nice 1 thanks for your help ill try the taking out the fuel pump fuse


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jcrane81

got a new battery and fitted it, and no joy so it was flooded so ive done the diy deflooding and got it going after about 15 minutes woo have my baby back and seems to be running perfect again, lovely, my first flood hope thats the one and only.
thanks for all your help.


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BigCajun

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Good news, and thanks for the update!