Flooded engine

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~42min
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Manual transmission vehicles

  1. Fully depress the clutch pedal.
  2. Fully depress the accelerator pedal and hold it down.
  3. Start the engine.

Vehicles with automatic transmission

  1. Select park or neutral.
  2. Fully depress the accelerator pedal and hold it down.
  3. Fully depress the brake pedal.
  4. Start the engine.

All vehicles

If the engine does not start, repeat the procedure described in Cold or Warm Engine.

Test yourself

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