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Old 12-13-2003, 07:14 PM
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I added my walbro 255 lph, its flooded my engine, how do i get it to start again... (get rid of fuel in cylinders)? i duuno
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Old 12-13-2003, 07:47 PM
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If you flooded it just pull your plugs and let it sit for a while so the gas can evaporate.
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Change your oil too, because the gas will find its way down past the rings.
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how flooded? put the gas pedal to the floor and crank, or do as above. I would imagine the honda ecu has a "flood clear" function built in so I would try cranking with the pedal on the floor first.
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How exactly did putting a bigger fuel pump flood your engine? You better look elsewhere for your problem...
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i don't know, but from the looks of it, adding this fuel pump durastically changed how my car could start and idle. It took forever to actually start the engine and get it running, and when it did it idled bad and eventually the rpms went so low and it died out.

So i did somethiong that was reccommended by "theoldone.com, they talk about drilling a small hole in the fuel pressure regulator to alleviate some of the restriction that stock honda regulators have, and it would change the way that i idled and performed overall. So i headed to wallmart and bought me the smallest dremel drill set i could find. i think i actually used a smaller drill bit than was suggested by theoldone.com to do the drilling with, but after the procedure wow, it actually didn't take too long to get the fuel out and run right., its idling good, but could be better, (maybe i'll go the next size up for the hole tomorrow to see how it does. But thanks alot everyone.
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By the way, if anyone wants to see this procedure, its available at;
http://www.theoldone.com/articles/regulator/


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is a good source of info. good luck
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if it's flooded, just take out the spark plugs and crank the car. the starter should turn the crank and shoot out all the extra fuel.
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Go get another regulator and put it on without drilling it. You probably drilled at the wrong place.. NOTHING should go wrong just by changing to bigger fuel pump..

like turboDandee said-- do that and then see what happens. If its still crappy then you messed up the regulator...

Good Luck!!!
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alright i did what yall reccomended, i put a new regulator in. It runs better, i don't know what the problem was when i replaced the pump first time... Maybe it was having some probs priming the fuel system, seems to be running good now though, sometimes it idles low and i have to restart the car then it runs fine, (o2 sensor isn't connected either though at the moment, so maybe that why i have to turn it off and on sometimes to get it to run correctly. but anyhow my main prob is fixed. no more flooded engine, and my car runs good for the most part. Thanks for the help...
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might also wanna do a leakdown test to assure you didnt wash out the rings.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Boosted_LS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">might also wanna do a leakdown test to assure you didnt wash out the rings.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ok, this is a stupid noob question, but i alway hear the term "washing out the rings" and to this day, i still dont know what it means?

What actually happens with u wash your rings and what are the symptoms and consequences when this happens? How can u tell if you washed your rings or not?
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TurboDANDEE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

ok, this is a stupid noob question, but i alway hear the term "washing out the rings" and to this day, i still don't know what it means?

What actually happens with u wash your rings and what are the symptoms and consequences when this happens? How can u tell if you washed your rings or not?</TD></TR></TABLE>

pretty sure it only applies to new motors that haven't been been broken in, i.e. the rings have yet to seal. what can happen is that the motor is running so rich that the fuel in the cylinder is washing the oil off of the rings and not allowing them any lubrication. leads to messed up rings that won't seal properly as well as possibly scored cylinder walls.
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