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| Allan |
 Sep 16 2007, 12:36 PM
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Teenerless Weenie  Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California  |
I think I may have inadvertantly flooded my car yesterday after installing a new fuel pump.
I've let it set overnight without tinkering with it and am hoping it will start today. Is 16 hours enough time for the fuel to dissipate )sp? If it is flooded, what's the best way to get it started? /6 with carbs btw.... |
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| So.Cal.914 |
Sep 16 2007, 12:56 PM
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"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
Anything with carbs we wanted to get as much air in as possable. Throttle wide open. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| Brando |
Sep 16 2007, 01:05 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
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And, if you let it sit overnight, all that fuel will run past the pistons into the sump. Not good. Fuel doesn't evaporate from a cylinder when the valves are closed. Throttle wide open, crank it over, remove center plug wire. Put a battery charger on it. You may see some fuel come out the muffler, might not. After about 30 seconds hook up your center plug wire again. Crank it over throttle open. I may suggest an oil change soon... |
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| Allan |
Sep 16 2007, 01:15 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
To verify spark, do I just pull the #1 plug and ground it to a valve cover or something while some cranks it over?
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| So.Cal.914 |
Sep 16 2007, 01:28 PM
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"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
Yeah or hook a light to it. And I too would like to take this time to sudjest an oil change.
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| wilchek |
Sep 16 2007, 04:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 506 Joined: 8-June 04 From: Eastern Pennsylvania Member No.: 2,177 |
How is the fuel pump installed. I just pull the fuel pump relay and crank it over until all the fuel if blown out the tail pipe. It should start after about 5-10 seconds of cranking. Then I run it until it stutters and then I turn it off and plug the relay back in.
If you hooked the pump up to the original wiring (1.7 or 2.0) the round relay (second one in from the rear) on the circuit board in the engine bay on the drive side is the one you need to pull. |
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| SirAndy |
Sep 16 2007, 04:25 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,688 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(So.Cal.914 @ Sep 16 2007, 10:56 AM)  Throttle wide open. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) throttle to the floorboard before you turn the key and keep the foot down while cranking. *no* pedal pumping! it'll take a few seconds, but it will fire ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Andy |
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| xperu |
Sep 17 2007, 11:14 AM
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TEXAS Group: Members Posts: 597 Joined: 13-June 06 From: League City Texas Member No.: 6,213 Region Association: None 
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All the above, just be careful with the gas vapors and any spark potential.
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| type11969 |
Sep 17 2007, 11:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,231 Joined: 2-December 03 From: Collingswood, NJ Member No.: 1,410 Region Association: North East States |
Did you hydrolock it? If so, pull the plugs and crank it to get the extra gas out. Hose off, let dry before trying to start again. Its not a terrible idea to squirt some oil into the bores before re-installing the plugs since gas strips the oil right off the cylinder walls. Definitely change the oil.
-Chris |
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