# Best way to get a completely flooded car to run

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-a-completely-flooded-car-to-run/804999>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 21, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-a-completely-flooded-car-to-run/804999 "2017-12-21T15:31:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![mr\_horsepower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@mr\_horsepower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_horsepower)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-a-completely-flooded-car-to-run/804999/21 "2017-12-23T23:34:22Z")

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> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#):
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> I didn’t read all the posts but pull the spark plugs and crank the engine before attempting too start

> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#):
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> - Pull the spark plugs and crank over the engine to remove any water in the cylinders. Clean and reinstall the spark plugs.

didn’t read the very first one either, lol

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**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-a-completely-flooded-car-to-run/804999/22 "2017-12-24T02:00:42Z")

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> [@mr\_horsepower](#):
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> getting the car going needs to happen via a process that let’s him do what needs to be done to get the car running, not damage anything further (or initially) in the process of doing it, and that limits his labor and cash outlay as much as can be, in case, for a multitude of possible, potential reasons, the car isn’t going to be usable for its intended purpose.

That’s the spirit. Want to be my crew chief?

> [@Kedikat](#):
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> Check out the MegaSquirt. It is a DIY fuel injection controller. I haven’t looked at it for a couple of years. Don’t know if it is still around or improved. But it may be able to get your engine running with decent control. It is programmable for tuning. Takes some sensor inputs to optimize fuel injection.

Those systems are $1500 to start, or three times my entire budget.

> [@mr\_horsepower](#):
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> didn’t read the very first one either, lol

In fairness, I do tend to post long.

My friend doesn’t want to buy the car. It was a bit pricey and the body panels were a bit more dinged up than he had hoped. We’ll keep looking for another.

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**Author:** ![mr\_horsepower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@mr\_horsepower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_horsepower)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-a-completely-flooded-car-to-run/804999/23 "2017-12-24T04:38:22Z")

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> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#):
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> That’s the spirit. Want to be my crew chief?

work on something so someone else can race it?

nah.

if I’m wrenching on it, we’d both have drivers suits.

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