Flooding Engine?

moonlite 37 · Sep 21, 2008

Can an engine, Gasoline fuel injection, be flooded from improper starting procedure? I may have flooded my 97 Dodge 360 V8 yesterday and it would not start.Today it was fine. I was wearing heavy boots for wading and may have manipulted the gas pedal in starting

RusselAZ · Sep 21, 2008

bradk · Sep 21, 2008

Pretty unlikely to almost impossible.Ignition coils and crank sensors on Mopars go out like that.

PaGlenn · Sep 21, 2008

Last month 3 fuel injectors quit on my Dakota
5.2 liter V8. Injectors?

Brian Jasper co. Ia · Sep 22, 2008

Yes, it is possible but usually only in extremely cold weather. Fuel injected vehicles have a clear flood mode in them by holding the accelerator to the floor then cranking.
Like someone said, crank position sensors can act up like that. Usually they fail totally and you have a crank no start. If the PCM is not seeing a crank signal you have no fuel or spark. If it's old with lots of miles, I'd put one on even if it's not failed now. When you get one, make sure it has a little round piece of cardboard on the tip of it. Thats how they are gapped. If it's not there you'll get it too close to the flywheel and it will rub. Check the distributor for wear. If the shaft is sloppy, the distributor gear bushing in the block is worn and will take out a new distributor.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2008

It can be done in cold weather.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2008

I have seen temp senser to computer fail telling to fuel as in choke even in hot weather. RENE'

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