I revved up my engine then my car stalled?

Question

It's a 78 firebird I revved it up while it was parked to about 6000 rpms than it stalled. Now it won't start I've let it sit there for about 20 minutes I wonder if I just flooded it, or something more serious.

Answer 1

You probably "floated" the valves which means the the lifters lost their oil cushion. Try cranking it again for about one minute without stopping and see if it doesn't pump up the lifters and start. Hopefully it will.

Answer 2

Best guess estimate from me would be that considering its a 78 model year its carb'd and more then likely has a few miles on it. The chances of it just being flooded are slim. I would wager a guess that you jumped time in the engine. I have done that a couple of times with some of the older engines i have ran. Over revving can cause the timeing to jump if there is already alot of slack in the timing chain. There is also the possibiltiy of over revving the engine could cause valve float and bent push rods that wont allow the valves to open when they are supposed to... I would suggest pulling the valve covers to look for bent push rods and replace the ones that are bent if you find any. if none bent then check the timing system by bringing number one to top dead center and looking where the rotor button is according to number one spark plug wire. Good luck with the repair and hope this helps a little.

Answer 3

It's most likey flooded or you screwed up an injector or something.
Dont rev your engine too hard or too much. It's not good for it, but it does make a really great sound!

Answer 4

since you revved it to 6 grand i am suspecting that it now has internal parts failures

Answer 5

Probably a seized piston.

Answer 6

Spark.
Fuel.
Compression.

You need all three.

Answer 7

prolly screwed this one up lol idk answers above me sound pretty reliable