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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 02:44 PM
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Unhappy Running ruff

I changed the clutch with my son on his 85 Rx7.
The motor ran great when we started, and now the starting is very bad, the car smokes for quite a while and smeels very rich with the choke out and warming up also the motor misses severly.
after its warm the car can't be driven as the sputtering motor dies constantly.
i can't see any wires or vacuum lines at the carb that have been knocked loose. are there any going to the tranmission or starter that if in the wong palce or missed wired could do this.
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 02:47 PM
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replace the plugs
and dont choke it as much
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 05:14 PM
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Compression check, same thing happened to me, i ended up blowing an apex because i tried to run it.
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 07:15 PM
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Check that your ignition sys is functioning. You may be running on the trailing system only. Use a timing light to see if all 4 plugs are firing. Oh and welcome to the board. We got members here from Spokane FYI.
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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Thanks for the help
plugs are new
All four are firing, the spark is a little orange
Is there anyone in the spokane area that can work on these?
how much commpression and in top or bottom plug hole?
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