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so yesterday, i was painting my calipers and after we (me and my brother in law) were finished, i started the car and moved it in to the garage so it could sit all night and dry. but this morning i tried to start the car up and it wouldnt start. i made sure last night that all my doors were closed and locked, and i also set my alarm so im sure everything was fine. so im not sure if its the batteri, but i just had some one come by and run a diognostic and nothings poping up, so were gonna try and call mazda. any idea on what the prob is?
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we just removed the fuel fuse so we could ignite all the extra gas in the engine, so that shouldnt be the prob, and were gonna take the battery to kragen and see if i need a new one!
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but the computer that my brother in law freind brought said everything was ok, but if the plugs are fouled how can i drain them?
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look in the DIY section for how to change your plugs...or better yet look at the DIY deflood threads. If you did flood it you likely soaked the spark plugs with fuel. You'll need to take them out, and crank the engine and shoot the extra fuel out the spark plug holes.
Edit: Mine didn't post a CEL when I flooded it.
Edit: Mine didn't post a CEL when I flooded it.
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lol yeah i know i should warm the car up before i turn it off, but my wife and i were having an argument about something and she wanted to leave her perants house (ware my car is right now) so i just parked it in and left it there over night. oh well iguess
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ok guys i removed the spark plugs and they smell like gas. gonna replace them. but if i replace them will they get filled with gas as well?
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It usually takes A LOT of cranking without them in to get ALL of the fuel out. I cranked with the ESS unplugged, plugs out, fuel fuse pulled and gas pedal to the floor (You really need to be reading the deflooding procedure) for at least 30 minutes. Not in one crank of course. 7 seconds at a time with 15 seconds rests in between. After ALL liquid stopped spitting out of the plug holes I put in new plugs and tried cranking again (after plugging everything back in) It still took me 3 or 4 tries before the motor sputtered back into life. I had to give it partial throttle to keep it alive for a few minutes, but then after all the white smoke was gone it idled on its own and eventually smoothed out. Keep reading the forum for deflooding threads.
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It usually takes A LOT of cranking without them in to get ALL of the fuel out. I cranked with the ESS unplugged, plugs out, fuel fuse pulled and gas pedal to the floor (You really need to be reading the deflooding procedure) for at least 30 minutes. Not in one crank of course. 7 seconds at a time with 15 seconds rests in between. After ALL liquid stopped spitting out of the plug holes I put in new plugs and tried cranking again (after plugging everything back in) It still took me 3 or 4 tries before the motor sputtered back into life. I had to give it partial throttle to keep it alive for a few minutes, but then after all the white smoke was gone it idled on its own and eventually smoothed out. Keep reading the forum for deflooding threads.