Flooded engine. Tip to get going again...
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Thought I would share this one. This is from the AA man who just rescued me…
My engine flooded, and I left it an hour to see if I could get it going, but no joy, so I called the AA. Told him the engine was flooded and the plugs may need to come out etc etc.
Nooooo said the AA, just disconnect your fuel pump at the fuse box, turn the engine over, the engine will start then die off again (keeping the engine turning over with the starter motor, were talking 15 second bursts here)
Then, put the fuse in, prime the engine, turn it over, and away you go, engine un-flooded, no plugs out, not drama, 10 minute fix.
I was luckly to have a fuse diagram in my car, which helped of course.
If only I had know this before, it may have saved me having to get my wife out to bring my dinner on a plate so I could eat it in the car on the petrol station forecourt this evening at 7.30 while I waited for the AA. I wonder what people thought I was doing with that knife and fork…
Mr F
My engine flooded, and I left it an hour to see if I could get it going, but no joy, so I called the AA. Told him the engine was flooded and the plugs may need to come out etc etc.
Nooooo said the AA, just disconnect your fuel pump at the fuse box, turn the engine over, the engine will start then die off again (keeping the engine turning over with the starter motor, were talking 15 second bursts here)
Then, put the fuse in, prime the engine, turn it over, and away you go, engine un-flooded, no plugs out, not drama, 10 minute fix.
I was luckly to have a fuse diagram in my car, which helped of course.
If only I had know this before, it may have saved me having to get my wife out to bring my dinner on a plate so I could eat it in the car on the petrol station forecourt this evening at 7.30 while I waited for the AA. I wonder what people thought I was doing with that knife and fork…
Mr F
Traditional method is to remove the FP relay (adjacent to the fuse box)to stop the pump from running and then perform the same procedure. I wonder if thats what the AA man in fact did, I must say i wasn't aware that there was a fuse for the FP in the main box, if so that would be a bit easier than pulling out the relay, as you have to fiddle a bit to make sure its offered up the right way otherwise it wont go in. If you should try the relay method there are 2 the other is the main fuel injection relay which needs to stay in place.
tahiti450 said:
Traditional method is to remove the FP relay (adjacent to the fuse box)to stop the pump from running and then perform the same procedure. I wonder if thats what the AA man in fact did, I must say i wasn't aware that there was a fuse for the FP in the main box, if so that would be a bit easier than pulling out the relay, as you have to fiddle a bit to make sure its offered up the right way otherwise it wont go in. If you should try the relay method there are 2 the other is the main fuel injection relay which needs to stay in place.
I pulled the fuel out, so I know it was the fuse not the relay...
tahiti450 said:
... since thats probably a lot quicker and easier than fiddling with the relay?
Hardly: the fuel pump relay is big, black and easy to get your mitts on. Pulls out easily. Fuses, on the other hand, are tightly arranged and require nimble fingers. Plus there are more fuses and it's thus easier to pick the wrong one.
I'm thinking of my Tuscan, so I accept that other TVRs may have different fuse board designs. Sorry.Gassing Station | General TVR Stuff & Gossip | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff