Car Won't Start. Help!
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Originally Posted by Rob x-7' date='Dec 29 2002, 09:33 PM
2- that smell before might have been your fuel pulsation dampner.
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Originally Posted by 87RX7NA' date='Jan 1 2003, 07:53 PM
[quote name='Rob x-7' date='Dec 29 2002, 09:33 PM']
2- that smell before might have been your fuel pulsation dampner.
2- that smell before might have been your fuel pulsation dampner.
1: dampner is not a word (nor is dampener), dampen is, and damper is. Rob must be on the pipe again
2: it's fuel pulsation damper
3: read Mazdatrix Pulsation Dampers FAQ
It dampens the pulses in the fuel flow generated by the pump and the pressure drops caused by the injectors opening and closing... You would smell fuel if yours was leaking like the mazdatrix site documents... Your car might just be running rich, you might have leaky injectors (if they are still original send them off to be cleaned), and these cars always run rich from the factory.
You better check the pulsation damper though, there is a real fire hazard there.
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it is mounted on the fuel rail...look for injectors by your air inlet tube into the throttle body....if that thing smells like gas or is dripping....stop what you are doing and replace it...your car will catch fire if the fuel dampener is broken..no joke
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Hmmm... Damn, that blows. Well, there goes my exhaust money again. I'm gonna have to buy it from the dealership probably too, because I have to have my car. Oh well, it's just money. Anyways, would it be something that would be fairly easy to do in my garage with just standard tools, or should I take it in to get it done? Thanks again.
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Wow, thats spendy, you could scrap the stock PD and the stock fpr and get an aftermarktet fpr, for about $20 more. That would work wouldn't it? Or you could uprgrade to an s5 rail and you don't have to worry about that.
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Originally Posted by Dragon' date='Dec 31 2002, 02:28 AM
How to deflood:
Pull the fuse, pull the plugs and crank the engine over for about 15 second with the gas pedal to the floor, wait a little bit and crank it over again... Then clean your pugs using a steel wire brush... Never use a brass wire brush as this will leave a coating of brass on the ceramic around the electrode and it can conduct electricity and make the spark occure where it doesn't do ****.. Now crank the engine over one more time with the gas pedal to the floor and put the plugs back in, put the fuse back and start her up...
Pull the fuse, pull the plugs and crank the engine over for about 15 second with the gas pedal to the floor, wait a little bit and crank it over again... Then clean your pugs using a steel wire brush... Never use a brass wire brush as this will leave a coating of brass on the ceramic around the electrode and it can conduct electricity and make the spark occure where it doesn't do ****.. Now crank the engine over one more time with the gas pedal to the floor and put the plugs back in, put the fuse back and start her up...
J