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Default Car will only start when you floor the accelerator. - 09-28-2004 , 11:06 PM






sometimes i have to depress the accelerator to the floor to start my car.
whats wrong with it?


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Default Re: Car will only start when you floor the accelerator. - 09-29-2004 , 02:19 AM






In article
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sometimes i have to depress the accelerator to the floor to start my car.
whats wrong with it?

It's broken.


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Default Re: Car will only start when you floor the accelerator. - 09-29-2004 , 08:25 AM



It is likely flooding as flooring the accelerator is the accepted method for
starting a flooded engine with FI.

Dana C. Rohleder
Port Kent, NY

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sometimes i have to depress the accelerator to the floor to start my car.
whats wrong with it?




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Default Re: Car will only start when you floor the accelerator. - 09-29-2004 , 12:05 PM



yes i have heard about this. i think i read somewhere that if the pedal is
depressed all the way down while trying to attempt to start your car, the
computer thinks the car is flooded and shuts off all fuel. Which brings me
to this, why would my car flood? obviously it would be in open loop mode
since my car hasnt been started in awhile, i.e. when i start it up for the
first time in the day. or when i start it up when i get off work. also my
car almost stalls when i change gears or when i am completely stopped and
press the gas pedal.


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Default Re: Car will only start when you floor the accelerator. - 09-29-2004 , 12:30 PM



correction, not when i change gears but when i put it in reverse or i put
it in drive it will almost stall and visa versa. since i have an
automatic.


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Default Re: Car will only start when you floor the accelerator. - 09-29-2004 , 01:12 PM



In article <nasadowsk-F41894.02192329092004 (AT) reader3 (DOT) news.rcn.net>,
nasadowsk (AT) nospam (DOT) usermail.com says...
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In article
03b1f7719448966f904766347eb3211f (AT...aboutautos.com>,
"KentS" <kentsquiers (AT) adelphia (DOT) net> wrote:

sometimes i have to depress the accelerator to the floor to start my car.
whats wrong with it?


It's broken.

Needs fixed.


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Default Re: Car will only start when you floor the accelerator. - 09-29-2004 , 01:39 PM



Philip Nasadowski <nasadowsk (AT) nospam (DOT) usermail.com> wrote

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In article
03b1f7719448966f904766347eb3211f (AT...aboutautos.com>,
"KentS" <kentsquiers (AT) adelphia (DOT) net> wrote:

sometimes i have to depress the accelerator to the floor to start my car.
whats wrong with it?

Sounds like the car might be flooding. When you floor the gas, it
actually cuts off all fuel when you're starting.


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Oppie
 
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Default Re: Car will only start when you floor the accelerator. - 09-30-2004 , 08:13 AM



I'm not usually this harsh but take it to a repair shop that knows what they
are doing. Sounds like you don't have a clue...

"KentS" <kentsquiers (AT) adelphia (DOT) net> wrote

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correction, not when i change gears but when i put it in reverse or i put
it in drive it will almost stall and visa versa. since i have an
automatic.




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