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Posted by: Headrage Sep 16 2007, 12:36 PM

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....

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Sep 16 2007, 12:56 PM

Anything with carbs we wanted to get as much air in as possable. Throttle wide open.

Posted by: Brando Sep 16 2007, 01:05 PM

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...

Posted by: Headrage Sep 16 2007, 01:15 PM

To verify spark, do I just pull the #1 plug and ground it to a valve cover or something while some cranks it over?

Posted by: So.Cal.914 Sep 16 2007, 01:28 PM

Yeah or hook a light to it. And I too would like to take this time to sudjest an oil change.

Posted by: wilchek Sep 16 2007, 04:07 PM

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.

Posted by: SirAndy Sep 16 2007, 04:25 PM

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 ...
Andy

Posted by: xperu Sep 17 2007, 11:14 AM

All the above, just be careful with the gas vapors and any spark potential.

Posted by: type11969 Sep 17 2007, 11:28 AM

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