Well, just preformed my very first deflooding, and it feels GREAT.

My dumb friend moved his car in because of street sweeping, and didnt allow it to warm up, before turning it off (told him so many times).

I did that deflooding method in the owners manual, and didnt do jack crap.

So I disconnected the fuel pump fuse, air pump, and ESP senor, and cranked it to push out the excess fuel. Then it fired up like a champ.

 

nice man. congratssssssss and you are aware of the zombie infestion i seee, judgeing by your avatar. nice to meet a brothern . lol jk

 

Congrats.
First time is always intimidating, but then you feel confident afterward and no longer bothered by flooding.

Removing the fuel pump fuse is basically the same as holding the accelerator pedal down (as noted in the owner's manual) to where it cuts fuel from entering the chambers.
Removal of the fuel pump fuse is usually used in conjunction with removing the spark plugs and expelling the fluids through those holes.
But anyway... no matter, long as you got her running

 

I like to do it the awesome way. Get some friends and push the car and then kick into 2nd gear

 

I told him to get a stick like me, but he went with an auto

 

Yeah, I should make him pay for the hotel room at Vegas next weekend huh?

 

Your friend is a moron. Glad you're around to save his butt.

 

Before he goes around saying rotaries are NOT dependable?

 

Its a great feeling aint it. I've done the washer fluid method on a friends car and haven't been concerned with flooding since.

 

Glad you got her started with ease
It seems like brain farts are the #1 reason for flooding.
The deflooding method you used is the only one I would ever use if I was in this situation. (It just make sense)

 

Did your friend try to restart the car right away or was it after leaving it some time?

 

congrats

 

He just left it, and called me the next day saying "Hey, what are you doing later? Wanna check out my car?"

I asked whats wrong and he told me its not starting. Thinking to myself that he didnt let it warm up, I asked what he did last with that car. He told me he just moved it in, and I wanted to smack him.

 

Smack away. I've read the longer you leave the car after turning it off cold the greater the chance of flooding.

 

Sounds like advice for a kid that's going to get laid for the first time.. Haha

 

@ turbingchamp

 

Sometimes if you don't have time to let your car warm up, rev it up past 5k rpms and shut the car off! You MUST shut the car off before it reaches idle or this won't work!

 

5k seems scary to me, as you're not supposed to rev past 4k until warmed up anyway....I am guilty of the "Hold at 3k for 10 seconds and turn off before letting off the accelerator" method when it's not warmed up and I haven't flooded. Maybe I'm just lucky thus far...

 

I have never heard that before, but when the mechanics at mazda work on cars this is the method that they use when pulling the car into the garage! I work at mazda and this is the trick they told me to use the last time my car flooded!