If your car flooded that easily from pushing on the plate then you might be overdue for a tune-up. It should have started up easily. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tobyp@xxxx wrote: > > > Joe - This is an interesting problem, based on what you reported in > your post. The mass air flow sensor plate rides on a fulcrum, with > the other end of the lever arm pressing on the central plunger in > the fuel distributor. As the plate is pushed down by the incoming > air charge, it presses up on the plunger. The only speculative > thought that comes to my mind is that you pressed the plate down To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/