View Poll Results: Have you flooded your Renesis?
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Engine Flooding Info/Questions
10-21-2003, 12:10 PM
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Has your Renesis flooded?
I'm somewhat surprised by the number of reported flooded engines. The Renesis is not as useable as it should be if it has to be run for 5 minutes whenever it is started: not user friendly. How many people have actually fallen foul of this problem?
10-21-2003, 12:47 PM
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Mine has kinda flooded, in that it doesn't start immediately on the first crank. However, I've found that it *WILL* start either on a longer first crank, or at the worst, on the second.
If this is really the flooding problem everyone is talking about, then I'm only marginally concerned about it.
If this is really the flooding problem everyone is talking about, then I'm only marginally concerned about it.
10-21-2003, 01:29 PM
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My office is 2 miles from my house (short trips every day morning and night) -- have had the car 2 1/2 months and have never once have had a flooding problem.
10-21-2003, 01:37 PM
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2 miles is enough to warm it up. A start move, start is what causes the problems. It is something that is inheirent with the Rotary, they say it can get worse with time. It has to do with gas getting stuck in the chamber with the spark plugs. There are other threads on this. I always let mine warm up, so no flooding problems, it
10-21-2003, 02:06 PM
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Originally posted by Omicron
Mine has kinda flooded, in that it doesn't start immediately on the first crank. However, I've found that it *WILL* start either on a longer first crank, or at the worst, on the second.
If this is really the flooding problem everyone is talking about, then I'm only marginally concerned about it.
Mine has kinda flooded, in that it doesn't start immediately on the first crank. However, I've found that it *WILL* start either on a longer first crank, or at the worst, on the second.
If this is really the flooding problem everyone is talking about, then I'm only marginally concerned about it.
10-23-2003, 06:23 PM
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Had mine towed to the dealer monday when it wouldn't start. Flooded...had all plugs replaced, etc...
I was backing out of the garage and it just cut out...kinda scary. I think I flooded it when attempting to crank after it died.
I was backing out of the garage and it just cut out...kinda scary. I think I flooded it when attempting to crank after it died.
10-24-2003, 12:11 AM
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Every morning I take the car out of the garage, then I turn it off and start it again 2-3 minutes later when I'm ready to leave for work. That's been going on for the 5-6 weeks since I bought the car and it hasn't flooded once. I don't know why people think this is a problem.
