i turned on the car for about 10 seconds to move it and wash it, i never hear about flooding till i did that, my car wont start now, for what i read is not that hard to fix that so if u can give me some help i will try to do it myself. thanks

ROBERTO
RX8

 

Read the manual for deflooding procedures.

 

Is not the best way to do it.

Is yoru car manual or Auto ? if its manual u should try to push start it, but I suggest you to find someone who knows how to do it.

if its Auto, tow it to a dealership.

 

pull the little box that hangs off the side of the intake just before the throttle body and have a friend spray ether into there while you crank the car with the fuel pump fuse out. You will want the engine and car to be as warm as you can get it, since it's very cold up here we pushed her into a garage to let it warm up a bit before this. Now as your cranking it mash on and off the gas pedal. When she starts to sputter put the fuel fuse back in and continue. Now you will need to put that little box back in place before she will start. It is tricky and can take some time and a battery charger but it's cheaper then taking it to a dealer.

 

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Ive never heard of the box on the side of the intake, but this is how the technician at Duval Mazda instructed me to do it, and the two times Ive had issues, this has cleared it up in under 30 mins. Just pull the fuel pump fuse, crank the engine 3-5 times for 7 secs each time, then replace the fuse and do the same, 7 secs, 3-5 reps, until the engine starts. Be warned though, even if it sounds like its about to start, if its been about 7 secs, give up and try again on a new rep, or say goodbye to your starter. Once its unflooded, checking the starter, and getting new Spark plugs is recommended. And Otaku couldnt be closer to the truth... you will DEFINITELY need a battery charger, and youll probably have to charge it more than once.

 

Or you could do it the old 2stroke way.....pull the plugs crank it to blow the gas and sh*t out of it clean the plug up with some sand paper put them back in adn fire it up.......

 

instead of reading all that useless chatter, just hold the gas pedal to the floor while turning the key. that cuts the fuel. do that for 10 seconds. should be able to get it started after that. i agree on the battery charger. if you don't have one, hook some jumper cables to another vehicle. just make sure that it is running.

 

It worked for me and was fairly painless. What is the better procedure? Push starting?

 

Arg. My car flooded for the first time. 74,000 miles. I geuss there is a first time for everything.

 

The problem with using the deflood procedure in the owner's manual is that by pushing the gas pedal all the way to floor DOES cut the fuel, and then pushes what fuel is in the rotary housings into the exhaust system, where it winds up in the catalytic converter. When you start the car, there is the possibility that it will flash that fuel and bork the cat...hence the reason the manual tells you not to race the engine after successfully starting it following a flood. If you use that method, consider taking your car in to the dealer afterwards to have the cat checked out. Lots of folks are buying up these used '04s now, and have no idea this can be a problem.

Deflood works like this:
1. Push the gas pedal all the way to floor and crank the engine for 8-10 seconds. (fuel cutoff + fuel clears from engine into exhaust system)
2. Turn off key, release foot from pedal.
3. Wait a few minutes for the plugs to try and dry a bit.
4. Crank the engine again WITHOUT your foot on the pedal. Do not race the engine. You may get quite a bit of smoke from the exhaust.

Had someone I know use this method...it took about 4 attempts, but the car eventually started. Blew lots of smoke though, so the cat might have been wasted. This was just a few days ago though, so I don't know yet. Folks here swear by the push start method, or you could follow the steps in the dealer de-flood TSB which can be found here: http://www.finishlineperformance.com...5-08-1883a.pdf

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