Hey whats up .. Last sunday my car died on me due to a broken alternator belt. So i went to my job and ordered 4 good year belts = $45.00 then i had no tools to change my belt so i bout a tool set from sears for $106.00 (Craftsmen) then i change the belt and the car wont start. So i charge my battery and still nothing. So they tell me its my battery so i go back to my job and by a OPTIMA battery for $109.00 and a new terminals for $3.50 and some grease for the battery terminals to help with corrosion. Still nothing. Car wont start so my freind tells me its flooded and to take out the EGI Inj fuse and remove all the spark plugs and crank it up. I did that repeatedly and nothing. SO i look at the spark plugs and im like **** it might as well by new ones. So i go to Clearway and get new NGK plugs and a NGK wireset plus anitseize grease and boot grease total like $57.00.





To imagine a $5.29 belt turned out to a $ 300.00 plus job. Luckily my car is running and i am happy gonna go cruise the streets now



Things can be so crazy..



So i practically did a tune up so i just ordered mazda genuine hoses and fuel filter to complete the task and some Castrol GTX 20w-50 oil and a K&N oil filter





Peace jazerx7, nyc

 

cool, it prolly needed the service anyways



mike

 

consider yourself lucky if this is the first time your car flooded

 

Even though you spent waaaaaaaaaayy more money than most hardcore guys spend, you might have actually killed more than one bird with all that cash.



If the clamps inside the plug wires don't grab the plug tips, you'd get hard starting, especially after it has been switched off, after it's damp outside--like after rain or fog.



Removing the EGI fuse wouldn't help much, neither would most mechanics. Use needle-nose pliers, and dielectric grease in the boots, or else you'd be misfiring like crazy when it's cold and you need the power. And you'd have hard starting, which leads to flooding, then many towtruck rides, mechanic bills, embarrassment, dying battery, dying alternator...



But your new wires should be fine, hopefully.

 

yeha..jazer inspired me to make a Moroso bluemax wire set fo rmy car today during my lunch break

 

yeah my car started fine.. it idled funny for like 5 minutes but after 30 minutes it was smoother than it ever was. And i didnt mind spending the money since the car needed a tune up... Just thought it was okay. But when i took out the spark plugs to unflood the car they looked a little foul and they werent sparking to much. so i said **** it ill get the wires and plugs there cheap. so i got new belts, battery, and wires and plugs, so im going to finish it by putting a new filter/hoses/ and changing the oil/brake fluid/differential fluid.. give it a needed overhaul

 

i took out the egi Inj fuse so that when i crank the car the fuel injector wouldnt throw gas, since the point is to get all that excess gas out of there cause its too much gas for the plugs to fire. So when i saw the plugs loked crappy i went to buy new ones. I put antiseize on them and some other grease made for where the boot and the end of the sparkplug meet so later on when u remove them what happed to me wont happed which is the metal insert in the wire to break off on the plug. So i unflooded using the egi fuse removed and the all spark plugs removed. Ill crank it for 10 seconds around 4 times until i dont smell gas or see gas shooting out. then i did the necessary lubing of the plugs and wires and put them on and the car started......my battery made a big difference now when i raise the window they actually go up not strain too. ANd if your gonna change one belt , just do alll of em. So spending the money wasnt an issue just a good tune up thats alll

 

I must be really lucky then since mine never has in 2.5 years



108k stock engine

 

my car flooded becuase while i was driving my alt belt ripped off so i was running off the battery. SO when igot home and tried to start the car there wasnt enought power to spark the gas entering the combustion cycle so it got flooded.

 

what in the hell, ROTARYROCKET7 is speaking english!



kick ***... I was able to understand your last few posts dude, it's a beautiful thing.