my 87 t2 keeps flooding. ive took the pluggs out cleaned them. i undid the wires for the fuel pump. cranked it for 30 seconds. put the plugs back in.. hooked the fuel pump back up. cranked it and it tryed to start a little but then just kept cranking. i also tryed grounding the engine. and still nothing. i have good spark and good compression i never touched the timing. and pryor to it not starting it would load up and stop lights. and while idleing. i was wondering if there was a relay or a seloniod that opened the secondary injectors and mabey it was keeping them open.... any ideas ive tryed damn near anything

 

i believe the secondaries come on at 3800rpm and wot? anyway someone told me the best way to unflood the engine is to unplug the fuel pump and then crank with plugs in. the engine should start and run for a bit depending on how flooded it is. after you find you can't start it anymore without the pump on, plug it back in and you should be good to go. i've been using this method for some time now and in my experience it's the best way to fully unflood the engine...

have you had your injectors cleaned before? has the fuel filter been replaced recently? one time i fouled brand new plugs the first time i tried to start a rebuild. they looked new but were not functional at all. keep at it and let us know...

 

My favorite method, and works for me every time, is to take the injector fuse out of the fuse box under the hood, crank for no longr than 10 seconds each time (to avoid overheating the starter) 3 or 4 times. it works like a charm at least for me. then put the fuse back in, crank and vroom! =D



And the problem you have, sounds to me like leaky injectors. have your injectors pulled and send them out to get cleaned or buy new ones. best thing to do in this situation. leaky injectors happen =(

 

I use this method works every time

 

leaky injectors are definately a good possibility!



I have found the easiest way to crank win flooded is to pull the fuel pump relay under the dash, you dont have to get out of the car for this! On the right side of the steering column there is a black relay that has a little slot it sits in, pull it off its braket and just let it hang so its easy to get to later. but if you unplug this and crank the car and then plug it back in you should be unflooded.

 

I currently have a switch behind my seat that turns off and on the fuel pump. This works everytime for me, esp when i work on anything fuel related.

 

Same here. Not in the same spot but same thing. I actually use it to turn the car off to minimize flooding after stopping somewhere. (Yeah I have leaky injectors) Then I crank the car with the pump still turned off and when it fires up I turn the pump on.