Thanks! I thought i was going to have to deflood on the hook to the dealer. I had tried the procedure but was not persisent enough. One thing that differed for me was that while clearing with both pumps disconnected I could actually tell when the fuel was cleared by some partial combustion "jumps" and then it fell like it was turning easier. Also when I reconnected the fuel pump and started it, it didn't turn over so I feathered the gas and it came to life like and old snowmobile (smoke and all). Thanks again!

 

Once again this website has saved me major $ and you guys are awesome for taking the time to post these fixes. My car was flooded - followed all the steps and with the help of the starter fluid shot into the carb it fired up and finally cleared all the fuel. Runs like a champ now. Thank you!

 

Thanks for the post saved me a trip to the Stealership. Process worked perfectly and with some new plugs that were needed any way the 8 runs better than ever

 

I totally forgot that i made a DIY . . glad it helped some ppl with deflooding. thanks for the kind words ahvengeance. i recived an email from you today, not sure hw old it is. but sorry that i never got back to you.

 

BUMP

this saved me alot of money today and i still made it to work on time.

Thanks ALFY28!

 

Damn good thread, I just whish I had found this before I had my renesis swapped.

 

ok guys so here is my situation..

car stopped turning on about 2 weeks ago.. very sad

needed to replace my coils i new it because ive had this problem before.. 04 with now 109k on it..

so today replaced the coils.. all for.. i have RB 8mm Racing wires n fairly new spark plugs.. so after replacing my coils i cranked and it wouldnt turn over.. tried the method provided in this thread n just my luck.. nothing..

so i knew i was flooded n last time i was flooded i just took out all the spark plugs n sanded away all the gunk n cleand them real good n there it went started right up!!

well did the same thing this time.. n no luck.. well after a couple times using the method here it started to turn over a bit. it turned on for about 1 sec.. i got so excited to almost hear my exhaust.. lol well tried a couple more times n it seemed very promising this times... i was using carb choke in my throttle body to help which almost did.. tried this only cuz i didnt have any starter fluid.. anyways.. so after 12 hrs of trying.. im stuck...

any other options or some word of advice.. please and thank yu in advance

 

i followed the de-flood instructions and it worked well. took a while...but it worked. ran my brand new battery dead...had to hook up a 2nd vehicle to it while i tried starting it. the cloud of smoke was huuuuge1 next time it floods, i'm going to video tape that cloud!

 

ilovemy8 you should try jump-starting it with either a tow vehicle or a hill

 

no hill but jump may be possible.. one day..

 

Just tow it around the block, works sweet everytime

 

thats what i ment.. tow.. i got no truck buddies that are reliable...

 

Car wouldn't turn over today. I will first try changing the battery to Optima Red Top 35, but I have a feeling its flooded.

 

tow it supposed to work..

 

So this DIY is for manuals only? Or does it work for AT also? It may have said but I'm tryin to figure this out from cellphone internet :-(. Any help would be awesome Thanks

 

It will work for both

 

Well, after changing the battery, the car still wouldn't start, and I knew it was flooded. So I had my car towed to the dealer, and they were very forthcoming about the issue, and even did a power recall repair, all covered under warranty. Mind you, I recently moved out east, and serviced my car regularly at a previous dealer who never did the work. I consider this past week a blessing. Bright Bay Mazda is the ****. Wantagh Mazda are a bunch of clowns.

 

PS, I don't have the tools for DIY at the moment, and it was 30 degrees or colder this past week

 

wow thanks alfy helped me out a ton, mine took awhile but only got more promising as I kept following your steps.

And now I got to drive my 8 again! wahooo

 

another little tip I have found effective with a hot engine if it does not start the first try .

*Push throttle to floor (to stop fuel flow)
*wind over 4-5 secs then release throttle while engine is still turning over
works a treat for me

 

Had to do this when I came back from Iraq, buddy flooded it....it works!

 

Is there any advantage of disconnecting the fuel pump harness, instead of just removing the fuel pump fuse? And if so, where exactly is this to disconnect?
Thanks

 

The fuse should do the same thing & is a lot easier I would imagine (never tried to disconnect the pump itself) since the fuse is right there in front of you

 

This is yet another reason why i <3 alfy.

Thanks for this DIY. I flooded my car this past weekend and Renesis se3p found this thread n' pulled the fuse. Car was up n' running within 20 minutes of beginning the DIY. Would've been sooner had a gased it at the right time the first time

mucho props bro

 

no np fellow hokutoken fan.

glad it helped out the others, sorry if it didnt.