should my 12a start on one rotor
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should my 12a start on one rotor
i got an 85gsl from the junkyard 2 weeks ago for 600. near perfect interior and body but thats beside the point. the front rotor has a bad apex seal but it should still start right? its been sitiing for 5 years so i dont know what to do. ive got fuel, spark, what else is there to it.can someone help me plaese. i can take a video if neccesary.
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with 50 posts and a join date of 8/07 dont act like that. mines not any better but i dont belittle people like you. if its helps you sleep at night tho keep it up.
btw i did search and the faq pag is my homepage
btw i did search and the faq pag is my homepage
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As per your original question, yes, it should start up. There have been many a story of people blowing a seal and they could still bring the car home on one rotor. You won't have much power from one rotor, but it should start up fine, IIRC.
If you run into any other problems, check out the FSM for your car. It should give you some good info.
http://www.wankel.net/~krwright/cars/rx7/manuals.html
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he started it, j/k. i know about the faq, fsm, and all the other three letter terms. i was just wonderin if someone here had a similar experience. thanks for your help tho. just wanna get my rx runnin.
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hes right
85 FB is right. You can still run the car, but u might burn a little oil. I would sugest the rebuild kit from Atkins Rotary. I put one in my 12A and now it runs great!
Good luck and let me kno how it goes!
~andrew
Good luck and let me kno how it goes!
~andrew
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i got an 85gsl from the junkyard 2 weeks ago for 600. near perfect interior and body but thats beside the point. the front rotor has a bad apex seal but it should still start right? its been sitiing for 5 years so i dont know what to do. ive got fuel, spark, what else is there to it.can someone help me plaese. i can take a video if neccesary.
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Engines that have been sitting can be a bugger to get started.
But even engines that haven't can be tough sometimes. Have you tried pulling the spark plugs, giving it a good 10-sec count of cranking, then cleaning off the plugs (use a lighter to burn the excess gas then a wirebrush to clean the contacts) and trying again? These things are bloody hard to start when flooded.
Assuming you've got spark on your leading plugs and you're not getting too much (or too little) gas, you should be able to start it. Now if it's cold and/or your cranking speed is low, that might be a problem. I'd get a battery terminal cleaner (they're like $2 at napa) and clean those off to make sure you have good contact, then hook a set of booster cables from another car to get you the cranking power.
So yeah, if your carb isn't messed up, deflooding and making sure you've got spark and your cranking speed is up should get you going.
Jon
But even engines that haven't can be tough sometimes. Have you tried pulling the spark plugs, giving it a good 10-sec count of cranking, then cleaning off the plugs (use a lighter to burn the excess gas then a wirebrush to clean the contacts) and trying again? These things are bloody hard to start when flooded.
Assuming you've got spark on your leading plugs and you're not getting too much (or too little) gas, you should be able to start it. Now if it's cold and/or your cranking speed is low, that might be a problem. I'd get a battery terminal cleaner (they're like $2 at napa) and clean those off to make sure you have good contact, then hook a set of booster cables from another car to get you the cranking power.
So yeah, if your carb isn't messed up, deflooding and making sure you've got spark and your cranking speed is up should get you going.
Jon
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I'm sure you've read this thread already:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=162062
but I thought I'd point it out in case somebody in the future brings up this thread in a search and hasn't read the FAQ.
Jon
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hreadid=162062
but I thought I'd point it out in case somebody in the future brings up this thread in a search and hasn't read the FAQ.
Jon
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