Car Wont Start
01-27-2003, 05:42 PM
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ok my car has been in the shop for a few weeks. when i took it it had a drain on the battery and i would have to jump it off everytime i tried to start it. so i go up there today to see how its going and they tell me that it wont start. they put a new battery on there bc the old one was "sweating" so anyways, they fixed the drain when they fixed the bumper and stuff. i go out there to try to start it up and the battery is strong and it tries to start but it wont. its turning over but it wont fire. to me it seems like its not getting gas but thats just me. the plugs are new so its not that. i dont know what it could be. please tell me everything it could be. im thinking maybe the fuse for the fuel pump or something liek that. i dont know. i guess they are gonna look at it to see what it is since it wasnt doing that when i took it in there. thanks for your help guys.
01-27-2003, 05:55 PM
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have you ever flooded it before? could be that. maybe the shop idiots started it up...let it run for only a few seconds...and then shut it down...........causing it to flood.
no biggie...
pop the hood...pull out the EGI fuse
get in the car...push the gas pedal to the floor and crank the car for 10 seconds
go put the EGI fuse back in
get in the car, crank the car WITHOUT pushing the gas pedal
it might start after one try...it might not. if it doesn't...pull out the EGI fuse again and repeat the procedure...you might have to do it 5 or more times to start it...
but maybe you ruled flooding out already?
no biggie...
pop the hood...pull out the EGI fuse
get in the car...push the gas pedal to the floor and crank the car for 10 seconds
go put the EGI fuse back in
get in the car, crank the car WITHOUT pushing the gas pedal
it might start after one try...it might not. if it doesn't...pull out the EGI fuse again and repeat the procedure...you might have to do it 5 or more times to start it...
but maybe you ruled flooding out already?
01-27-2003, 05:58 PM
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i didnt rule it out but, i didnt try to start it for very long so i know i didnt flood it. i dont think they did bc i dont think they messed with it today. i will try that though. thanks guys, any more ideas??
01-27-2003, 06:06 PM
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when it sits for a while it can also lose compression, did crank over fast?
And if it didnt start even after a few tries of trying to start it, its flooded, it doesnt take much because the wonderfull engineers at Mazda didnt put a cut-off in the fuel injection system like every other car made so that if it doesnt start after a few seconds it will just keep dumping fuel, while other cars cut the fuel off until the car starts.
And if it didnt start even after a few tries of trying to start it, its flooded, it doesnt take much because the wonderfull engineers at Mazda didnt put a cut-off in the fuel injection system like every other car made so that if it doesnt start after a few seconds it will just keep dumping fuel, while other cars cut the fuel off until the car starts.
01-27-2003, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Shane.Trammell' date='Jan 27 2003, 07:10 PM
it hasnt really sat for that long. its sat longer than this before. if it has lost compression thats a rebuild isnt it? at this point i hope its flooded
You will just have to crank it with no fuel until it sounds normal, then
try it with fuel.
You flooded it, trust us and do the unflooding thing and impress the body shop with your knowledge.
01-27-2003, 09:41 PM
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I agree with Erik, but if I remember, you have to crank with pedal down for 20 seconds, put the fuse back in, crank without depressing pedal. I had to put ATF in the plug holes to build compression on mine, but it sat for over 2 years.