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I got into accident a year ago and left my rx7 sitting in my driveway. I tried to start it for the first time today and the idle is reallly rough with tons of smoke. Prior to the accident the engine ran perfect.
Engine was not affected in the accident only suspension. Both airbags were deployed in the accident. Does the computer run on some kind of mode after an accident and needs to be reset? No check engine light came on. There is prob less then a gallon of gas in the tank. Old gas prob? I put another gallon of fresh gas in there and it was still a rough idle.
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Good suggestions by allrotor93. I would give it a general tune up. Plugs, oil, fresh gas, and maybe take it on an easy drive around the block. Any mods?
wow will 1 year of this new gas (with 10% ethanol) go bad that fast? My FD sat for 10 years with 1/4 tank of gas and the normal ambient humidity here is 80-85% year round! About a month ago I fired her up and she started right up. Been warming her up weekly and running her occationally since with the same gas and no problems with the old gas I had.
perhpas you just dont have enough gas in the tank.
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wow will 1 year of this new gas (with 10% ethanol) go bad that fast? My FD sat for 10 years with 1/4 tank of gas and the normal ambient humidity here is 80-85% year round! About a month ago I fired her up and she started right up. Been warming her up weekly and running her occationally since with the same gas and no problems with the old gas I had.
perhpas you just dont have enough gas in the tank.
Did you pull the fuel pump and look in the tank? Using 1/4 tank of decade old gas is plain wrong.
wow will 1 year of this new gas (with 10% ethanol) go bad that fast? My FD sat for 10 years with 1/4 tank of gas and the normal ambient humidity here is 80-85% year round! About a month ago I fired her up and she started right up. Been warming her up weekly and running her occationally since with the same gas and no problems with the old gas I had.
perhpas you just dont have enough gas in the tank.
Not that it won't work, it's just better to run fresh gas through it. My MX-6 sat for 3.5 yrs and I dropped a new motor in it recently, it fired up with those 3.5 yr old gas without any issue, but you can tell it was not running smooth. It was a test to see if it will fire up, I shut it off immediately and emptied the tank and got 3 gal of new gas for it.
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If it's only a gallon or so, I'd drain it. Put a few gallons of fresh premium in, along with some good fuel system cleaner (I like BG44K or Chevron Techron if I'm being cheap). Check to make sure the boost sensor is hooked up properly with the vacuum line in-tact. Clean the intake and check exhaust to make sure there are no obstructions. Start it, hold it at ~ 3k rpm and do a half-gallon or so of water ingestion. Then new plugs and see what happens.
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wow will 1 year of this new gas (with 10% ethanol) go bad that fast? My FD sat for 10 years with 1/4 tank of gas and the normal ambient humidity here is 80-85% year round! About a month ago I fired her up and she started right up. Been warming her up weekly and running her occationally since with the same gas and no problems with the old gas I had.
perhpas you just dont have enough gas in the tank.
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I hear ya, four years ago my FD was my life.. daily driver all that good ****. I let my friend take it for a day and came back with a broken tranny. I finally four years later just got around to fixing it this past month.
I could hear it calling my name from my the garage in the house.
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