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1992 MX-3 V6 1.8 flooding itself out
Posted: June 25th, 2012, 1:29 am
by CCSmaill
I have a 1992 MX-3 GS 1.8 V6. It's flooding itself out on start-up without touching the throttle. The fuel is literally floating and bubbling in the cylinder. Any ideas?
Thank you!

Re: 1992 MX-3 V6 1.8 flooding itself out
Posted: June 25th, 2012, 2:05 am
by crazycanadian
CCSmaill wrote:I have a 1992 MX-3 GS 1.8 V6. It's flooding itself out on start-up without touching the throttle. The fuel is literally floating and bubbling in the cylinder. Any ideas?
Thank you!

All cylinders? or just 1?
Re: 1992 MX-3 V6 1.8 flooding itself out
Posted: June 25th, 2012, 1:30 pm
by CCSmaill
All of them I believe. The main one we tested was the front center cylinder. They are all soaked.
Re: 1992 MX-3 V6 1.8 flooding itself out
Posted: June 25th, 2012, 4:09 pm
by wytbishop
did you recently have the fuel rails apart? The only way I can imagine that much fuel getting in all the cylinders is if the injector seals were not reinstalled properly. Is there any evidence of leaking in the valley pan?
I guess if the ECU was sending a signal to leave the injectors open for some reason you could see that, but I can't see how that could be.
That's a wierd one.
Re: 1992 MX-3 V6 1.8 flooding itself out
Posted: June 25th, 2012, 8:02 pm
by mitmaks
I would check fuel pressure regulator.