How do I unflood my engine?

[JohnRed]

I have a dohc ka. Can someone fully explain on how to unflood it?


I would appreciate it.

[JeremyR]

take out the spark plugs, let it sit for a while till the gas evaporates

[rps13drift]

Or you can pull the fuel pump fuse and try to start it! It will either evacuate the fuel or even run on all the gas in the cylinders until it all burns out! Then you install the fuse and try again to start it

[norbac]

is that the same thing as priming?

[Z U L8R]

take out your spark plugs, unplug your distributor and crank over the motor....stand back though or you might get the guiser of DOOM!



Dave

[SexPanda]

be careful. Your cylinders are probably completely washed. You might scratch up your walls. Put a cap of engine oil into your spark plug holes just in case...

[aznpoopy]

Originally Posted by Z U L8R

take out your spark plugs, unplug your distributor and crank over the motor....stand back though or you might get the guiser of DOOM!



Dave

fun but definitely put a rag over it

double check spark is disconnected

ive lit my engine on fire before doing that

[Z U L8R]

since it's a ka, it receives cam position via the distributor. he won't get injector pulse or spark with the distributor unplugged.

*Free tip* unplugging the distributor/cam angle sensor is also a great way to prime oil pressure on a fresh motor or one that's been sitting for a long time before the first cold start with no oil pressure.

Dave

[JohnRed]

thank you, what plug should I remove from the distributor? i know theres like 3 of them. Plus My little brother decided to " Fix my car " a while back and he took out my distributor/wires etc. and re arranged it like a retard. Can this affect anything and if so what is the proper order of the spark wires. I know they are numbered 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 but IM not sure.

[Z U L8R]

your firing order is 1,3,4,2

the spark plug wires sit on your distributor cap and go to the following cylinders. your engine spins clockwise in it's rotation if you're facing it. and your distributor spins counter clockwise facing it

if you're looking at your distributor the spark plug wires go to the cylinders as follows

top left goes to cylinder 1
bottom left goes to 3
bottom right goes to 4
top right goes to 2

unplug the ENGINE HARNESS from the distributor, to disable fuel/spark so it's safe to crank over

Dave

[JohnRed]

what should I cover up, I know the gas is going to exit so do I fill up the spark plug gaps?


I appreciate the help, its obvious Im a beginner, but its cool that people I dont know make the effort and try to get my car started.

[idahotuner]

just unpluge the fuel pump that is waht i do. and the ncrank it until it starts.

[JohnRed]

Wheres the fuel pump plug?

[DOOK]

don't unplug the fuel pump, remove the fuel pump fuse... it's a large fuse and it resides in the fusebox on the passenger side of your engine bay... the lid of the fusebox has all the fuse locations.

[JohnRed]

can you be more specific what fuse it is, color location anything like that?

[DOOK]

you can type, you can read... read the lid on your fuse box... I no longer own an S chassis, so no, I can't head to the garage and look for you.

[norbac]

hope your lid still has all the fuse descriptions, i cant imagine how much of a pain if thats all gone...

[DOOK]

Originally Posted by norbac

hope your lid still has all the fuse descriptions, i cant imagine how much of a pain if thats all gone...

go to a junkyard and pull one that has it in that case...

[JohnRed]

My lids all black, alright thanks anyways. I don't want you to do anything for me, Im just looking to get my car running. I dont know alot about cars, this car gets me to work/school. Its broken, now I have to walk/bus

[DOOK]

what year is the car?

[aznpoopy]

google images for the win

s13 i presume


alternatively

if that doesn't work click
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or
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerofile/21907/000_0168.JPG

[JohnRed]

its a 95 s14. I bought it for extremely low price, 1,500. Its at 210,000 miles plus its salvage title, it was running before. I started having problems and replaced ALOT of things. From fuses,starter,battery,alternator, spark plugs. Compression is fine, it was badly taken care of. Im a part time employee at mcdonalds/student. I dont have more than 300 dollars in my wallet/bank account. I can't afford to pay a mechanic, so Im doing all the research I need to to fix my car. I dont race/drift any of that. I just bought a 240 because It was cheap plus new engines/parts are cheap as well.

[DOOK]

and wahhhh lahhhh...

[Z U L8R]

i already told you what to do....

cranking over the motor when the cylinders are full of fluid is a great way to bend a rod whether the fuel pump is running or not. one of your pistons is gonna be on it's compression stroke and if the cylinder is full of fluid, the cranks gonna push the piston up, the pistons gonna stop at the fluid cause it can't go up any higher, and your rod and wrist pin will most likely bend.

i think you should unplug your fuel pump, it sounds like the safest option.......

this is like the conversations that go on at the shop
you say "run sea foam through the motor to clean the gunk outta there"
they say "so i can use stp"
you say "....yup, exactly!"

you say "you have to peel the banana and take the skin off it before you can eat it"
they say "so i can just eat the banana then right?"
"......yup"

Dave

[Phlip]

Remove spark plugs.
Pull wire from coil to distributor.
Spin engine a few revolutions.
Make a mess.
Replace plugs/wires, reconnect coil.
Clean mess.
Start car (warning, it will NOT start as easily as you're used to, as it has to get fuel).

You should ALSO do this if you replace an injector.