I left my car at my GF's dad's house while I went to Cuba for 2 weeks.
Told him not to touch as the car as he hasn't driven a manual in 25+ years and explicitly told him not to shut it off cold.
he sends my gf a text saying he cant start it maybe the battery is dead?
I call him immediately telling him the batt is new there is no reason to start it and once again warn him he'll flood it if he turns it off wrong.
fast forward one week from then. I come back - he tells me he started it to charge the battery. I'm surprised he did that because I had told him twice not to. sure enough I get in and try to start it. no go... He acts as though it's a surprise to him.
It's flooded. How? I have a D585 coil kit, sparks, wires with 23,000km on them.
I've never flooded this thing and I owned it for almost 2.5 years now.... I've even stalled it once cold after letting it run for 30-40 secs or so.... it still started up.
I don't believe his story to say the least and he's offering to pay all expenses and he was ready and willing to take it to the dealer, which I did not look to fondly on considering i have the D585 kit which they'd surely blame and charge 1000CAD+ to deflood,replace sparks, tow...
I call a buddy to help me pull start it, 17km/h in second gear with a bit of gas it starts up, car runs. But it feels so different. in first gear the shifter is moving around like crazy with the engine, and my STFT are bouncing up and down from +12 to -12. LTFT is +1
I used to never get STFT readings more than +4 to -4.
Just ordered new plugs and they will come on Thursday (120CAD shipped from Amazon Prime with 3 day delivery).
Could anything else be damaged? Clogged injectors? I really love this car. had it for half of it's life and it's at 80,000km now on the body and engine. Always did the maintenance myself. oil change, coolants, everything.
I've tried to search the forums but come up with info on only the sparks needing to be changed 99% of the other results are people asking how to deflood.
Told him not to touch as the car as he hasn't driven a manual in 25+ years and explicitly told him not to shut it off cold.
he sends my gf a text saying he cant start it maybe the battery is dead?
I call him immediately telling him the batt is new there is no reason to start it and once again warn him he'll flood it if he turns it off wrong.
fast forward one week from then. I come back - he tells me he started it to charge the battery. I'm surprised he did that because I had told him twice not to. sure enough I get in and try to start it. no go... He acts as though it's a surprise to him.
It's flooded. How? I have a D585 coil kit, sparks, wires with 23,000km on them.
I've never flooded this thing and I owned it for almost 2.5 years now.... I've even stalled it once cold after letting it run for 30-40 secs or so.... it still started up.
I don't believe his story to say the least and he's offering to pay all expenses and he was ready and willing to take it to the dealer, which I did not look to fondly on considering i have the D585 kit which they'd surely blame and charge 1000CAD+ to deflood,replace sparks, tow...
I call a buddy to help me pull start it, 17km/h in second gear with a bit of gas it starts up, car runs. But it feels so different. in first gear the shifter is moving around like crazy with the engine, and my STFT are bouncing up and down from +12 to -12. LTFT is +1
I used to never get STFT readings more than +4 to -4.
Just ordered new plugs and they will come on Thursday (120CAD shipped from Amazon Prime with 3 day delivery).
Could anything else be damaged? Clogged injectors? I really love this car. had it for half of it's life and it's at 80,000km now on the body and engine. Always did the maintenance myself. oil change, coolants, everything.
I've tried to search the forums but come up with info on only the sparks needing to be changed 99% of the other results are people asking how to deflood.
RX8 performance after flooding
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