Flooded Engine

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   My E39 520 has a tendancy to flood after very short hops when the engine is cold. If say I move it off the drive out onto the road, later in the day when I next try to start it, it appears to be flooded. It then takes lots of turn-overs to eventually get it to fire. Once started, no probs there-on in.
Possibly more of an observation rather than seeking a solution.....Any similar experiences or ideas out there ?
Ian.

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Ian :0 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 11-August-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 92	Topic: Flooded Engine Posted: 26-September-2003 at 13:02
	My E39 520 has a tendancy to flood after very short hops when the engine is cold. If say I move it off the drive out onto the road, later in the day when I next try to start it, it appears to be flooded. It then takes lots of turn-overs to eventually get it to fire. Once started, no probs there-on in. Possibly more of an observation rather than seeking a solution.....Any similar experiences or ideas out there ? Ian.
	Ian

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dlg_e30 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 24-March-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 52	Posted: 26-September-2003 at 13:48
	Yep my 320 (E30) does this also, short trip say a mile or so and when i go to restart it has to crank for a while. This only happens sometimes though. I have no idea what causes it though and it never fails to start. I had a problem with a throttle switch which caused non starting symptoms but they were not the same.
	David E30 320I SE

Karl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24-May-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 15	Posted: 26-September-2003 at 23:32
	It's not unusual on any modern car, When you first start your car the cold start programme will cause the injectors to pump shed loads of fuel in to the cylinders, turn the engine off whilst it is cold and an amount of fuel will stay in the cylinders, hey presto one flooded engine Ask any AA man, this is one of the more common home start faults Edited by Karl

David 87M3 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member I Joined: 16-April-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 368	Posted: 29-September-2003 at 14:13
	Happens to my e34 520 (24 valve engine).

mahsbg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10-October-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: 10-October-2003 at 17:30
	I've experienced this with my E39 523i. I couldn't get it to go, the recovery man informing me that its a real struggle to get the 6 cylinder cars restarted when 'wet'. His cure, remove the fuse for the fuel pump, crank the engine over to 'dry' it out ( it may even fire up once dried out a bit but stop again), replace the fuse and it will restart. This method usually requires a booster battery though as the cars own one sometimes gives up if its been trying to start the flooded engine a few times.

Russell Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 07-October-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26	Posted: 11-October-2003 at 01:30
	Listen to Karl. He right.