On or about 2008-06-03,
Adrian illuminated us with:

Starting from cold, idling for 30sec, then switching off can also cause
some petrol engined cars to kick the engine management into a "flood
protection" mode which will prevent the car from starting again for an
extended period of time.

And I think in an RX-7 (rotary engine) it's likely to mean an early
trip to the mechanic. AIUI running the engine for only a short time
from cold is expressly deprecated in the manual. But it's not a
diseasel.

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