A week ago the starter of my 96SE died on me. I searched around and found Linney's auto electric with the best deal on starter. I paid $140 shipped with no core return required. And it's the 10-tooth version instead of 8-tooth. So finally it arrived yesterday. I put it in last night but the car still would not start. I know the starter is good because now the engine cranks. Then it hit me, I probably flooded the engine by over-cranking the bad starter. So I removed the spark plugs one by one and found each one flooded with gas. After I cleaned them up, gave the engine more throttle while cranking, viola, engine fired up.

For those of you who have replaced the starter, did your engine flood? I assume it's normal to flood the engine by over-cranking it while the starter is bad?

 

Just in case you don't already know, it would be a VERY good idea to change out your oil and filter now. All that gasoline has now contaminated your engine oil.

 

No engine flooding here.

When you start your car, do you push on the gas pedal?