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Old Mar 21, 2014 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Camaro 69
I was thinking along the same lines of a leaky injector flooding the engine. But it takes him 2-3 minutes of revving the engine before it stays running. For it to take that long to level out doesn't sound like a momentarily flooded engine to me.
this is what im guess also cuz it smells flooded after it gets shut off but im not seeing any fuel anywhere....
 
Old Mar 22, 2014 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Lakatrae
this is what im guess also cuz it smells flooded after it gets shut off but im not seeing any fuel anywhere....
You have six seprate injectors and the wet side is inside the intake. If one started to drip it would not flood the whole motor just the one cylinder. If it leaked enough to effect other cylinder you have so much gas in the intake it would just hydro lock the engine.

If it is flooding you would most likely not see or smell it. The fuel is inside the intake and it would get pushed in the Cat. Once the car started the Cat would turn into a furnace.

Easy enough to check, just crank the motor a second and pull a plug, Is it soaked with fuel?
 
Old Mar 22, 2014 | 12:09 PM
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lol. My response was saying I didn't think the injectors were flooding the engine, not since it takes at least a couple of minutes to clear. He picked up on only part of the message I think.
 
Old Mar 22, 2014 | 02:27 PM
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better give the oil a sniff to see if theres gas in the oil
 
Old Mar 22, 2014 | 02:51 PM
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high fuel pressure will do this, mine did, tested by taking injectors out and leaving them in the rack and hooked back up. when i turned the key on they would all squirt. allot. tested gauge and it was bad. pressure was 55-60. fuel pressure regulator was bad. went through 3 before i got a good one.
 
Old Mar 29, 2014 | 10:59 AM
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FIXED


it was the vaccuum hose from the map sensor to the fuel pressure regulator....cost me $6 lol
 
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