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Hi, I swap my 1.6 4 cyl for a 1.8 v6, I finally got it to run yesterday but this morning, don't wanna start, it turn over but nothing, when I remove a spark plug and try to start it, it blow the fuel out and when I stop the starter I can see the fuel dripping on the piston, I checked my PRC Valve hoses and they seem ok, any suggestions for me please...

Another thing, my fuel is kinda old, its been in the car since last January, when the 4 cyl died, can it be the problem or only a factor?

do you got spark?

HAhaha it's probalby got bad gas...if it's been there since last YEAR.

Wow...syphone your gas, put it some new stuff, change your plugs and make sure you have spark, and report back.

I have spark...

yesterday it did start and after a while started to get low in rpm and started to run kinda square...

I will remove the gas and come back with ya on this...

OK I kept the gas in th car (maybe a mistake) I added a bottle of cleanflow to remove the water in the tank and the day after I added a good 5 gallons of Super...

And still, it will start do a couple turns and then die, if i retry right away nothing, if I wait a 30 to 45 seconds, it will start again for a couple turns and then die again...

I'm baffled....

My MX3 sat behind my house for 2 years. Turned it on a few times.

Never had a problem. I highly doubt it was bad gas

but wont' gas go bad if it just sits for a long period of time??? doesn't something evaporate or something... maybe this is a noob post

the octane degrades.

Should I add an octane booster to the tank then?

How juch gas is in the tank?? if not much than just fill it right up with 91.

well even iff your gas in your tank didnt have a high octane rating it should start.

But it wouldnt hurt to put a jerry can of 91 in your tank. BTW there is a drain hole in our cars so its pretty easy to drain the tank.

94mx3precidia wrote:well even iff your gas in your tank didnt have a high octane rating it should start.

But it wouldnt hurt to put a jerry can of 91 in your tank. BTW there is a drain hole in our cars so its pretty easy to drain the tank.

If it has a factory tank. My replacement aftermarket one didn't and same with a few others I have seen.

Its a 323 tank, I think it has the drain plug... gonna check that tomorow

ya If your tank is original the mx3's and 323's gas tanks are identical and they both have drain plugs. Just make sure that you change the drain plug washer with a new one. And also spray some rockerguard on the drain hole so that it doesnt rust in the futurte.

I emptied the tank, changed the fuel filter and added new fuel, stuill no go, it want to start and then stop... Im starting to think about a loose connection, any suggestion where i should look?