richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 17/10/05 09:19 AM Share Posted 17/10/05 09:19 AM Now dont get too excited here... not a Turbo, or even a XR6 for that matter.SWMBO has a BA XT sedan. I moved it from the drive to the rear lawn on Saturday afternoon. Didnt bother to idle/warm it just kicked it into life drove it 6mt max and switched it off.This morning, it would not start. Turned over OK but no hint of ignition.RACV arrived and diagnosed it as a flooded engine. Apparently common in BA's I haveen't heard of this before.The cure was to put the accelerator flat to the floor and crank it till it fired then back off the pedal and run at high revs for a "few" minutes Not so sure that's the best way to go, sorta like reving a cold engine to get the "lumps" out of it as I was advised by a total head when I was much younger. Needless to say glad it's a company car and that I was not there else the RACV guy just might have had a black eye for the mechanical abuse inflicted....(IMO)Apparently having the pedal flat to the florr before you turn the ignition cuts the fuel pump off. Anyone heard of this before?BTW SWMBO's co worker reckons same happened to him and the fix was same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyF6Tornado Member 76 Member For: 19y 4m 21d Posted 17/10/05 09:26 AM Share Posted 17/10/05 09:26 AM Yep a mates territory had the same problem and he rang ford and the told hime to do the same thing to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cqae Member 229 Member For: 21y 1m 25d Posted 17/10/05 09:30 AM Share Posted 17/10/05 09:30 AM yes if yopu put your foot fl;at to the floor, most cars will enter clear flood mode. Injector pulse widthes will be shortened. When the engien fires, you should take your foot off the pedal, there is no need to rev it hard. It may run poorly, but should still run. I agree revving it hard on start up is not a good thing, but am pretty sure no damage will be done by the RACV doing it once. Trust me, every apprentice to drive an XR6T has revved it on start up, I know yours was an XT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitako Member 4 Member For: 20y 4m 11d Posted 17/10/05 09:32 AM Share Posted 17/10/05 09:32 AM Hi there, take it back to ford so you can get the pcm reflashed, the new calibration rectifies the flooding concern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 17/10/05 10:25 AM Author Share Posted 17/10/05 10:25 AM Hi there, take it back to ford so you can get the pcm reflashed, the new calibration rectifies the flooding concern<{POST_SNAPBACK}>thanks dude, it's due for a service too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 20y 3m 22d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 17/10/05 10:35 AM Share Posted 17/10/05 10:35 AM a couple of times in the mornings ive gone to start my car but let the key off JUST as it was gunna kick over and it stopped, I left it 10 seconds, then tried to start again and it doesnt like starting!! takes probly 15 seconds of cranking to get it goin again and when it finally does start it gives a bit of a fart and a splutter.. lol.hint: always make sure start-up and shut down sequence is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 17/10/05 10:39 AM Author Share Posted 17/10/05 10:39 AM a couple of times in the mornings ive gone to start my car but let the key off JUST as it was gunna kick over and it stopped, I left it 10 seconds, then tried to start again and it doesnt like starting!! takes probly 15 seconds of cranking to get it goin again and when it finally does start it gives a bit of a fart and a splutter.. lol.hint: always make sure start-up and shut down sequence is correct.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>A bit like XP.... Yeah had that too in the "T"... bit of a btich. Runs like a dog for a while. I have found that a reboot smoothes it out real fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faygun Member 389 Member For: 21y 5m 19d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 17/10/05 01:14 PM Share Posted 17/10/05 01:14 PM had the same problem last year in a NA XR6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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