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Starting, stopping

Tiny
ANDREW THOMAS LAWRENCE
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  • 2008 MAZDA RX8
  • 1.3L
  • RWD
  • MANUAL
  • 60,000 MILES
I do not know correctly how to start my car or turn the engine off with out flooding it. Please may I have the full procedure on starting and stopping correctly.
Thursday, July 20th, 2017 AT 4:52 PM

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Tiny
JOHNNY71
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I had an RX7 I know that is different. If I turned off the car while it was high idle ie warming up there was a chance it would flood the engine. Lots of fixes what I would do and I bought a lot of flooded RX7 for pennies on the dollar. Pull the fuel pump fuse, take out the plugs dry them tun the car over giving the starter a chance to rest so I did not burn it up. But enough to blow out the gas. Replace plugs and fuse fire right up. That is not the established method but quick.
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Thursday, July 20th, 2017 AT 5:50 PM
Tiny
KEN L
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Hello,

Flooding of the engine is a sign of low compression which that engine is famous for. Please remove the lower spark plugs and do a compression test.

Here is a guide to help you:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

Please let us know what you find.

Cheers, Ken
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Friday, July 21st, 2017 AT 10:57 AM

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