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Old Feb 6, 2017 | 10:32 PM
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car doesn't start after getting gas

So far after premixing twice I've had to pop start my 1988 rx7 and it's always after normal driving, nothing crazy and I premix, and fill up with 87 but after that it doesn't want to start. Recently changed spark plugs. Any ideas?
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Old Feb 6, 2017 | 11:31 PM
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usually this is a hot starting issue, time to do a compression test.
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Old Feb 7, 2017 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by RotaryEvolution
usually this is a hot starting issue, time to do a compression test.
What numbers should I look for?
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Old Feb 7, 2017 | 01:21 AM
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What numbers should I look for?
It just depends but at least 90 is good.
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Old Feb 7, 2017 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by satch
It just depends but at least 90 is good.
Okay thanks.
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Old Feb 7, 2017 | 10:04 AM
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i give it a little less and say 80 is a minimum, you actually usually won't see starting issues until the low 70's or even 60's.

120-130 being a perfect score for comparison.
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Old Feb 8, 2017 | 06:41 PM
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Fuel Cut

Check out threads about hot start. There are a few ways to get around this issue. I had it with my car stock and then with RTEK and had to use a fuel cut switch to get it started during hot start after car was warm. Now I have an adaptronic and it has features built in to take care of this automatically. Some say it a low compression or fuel injector leak issue as well. But if ya dont want to rebuild right away the cheap way is to cut the fuel when cranking with a switch and it will crank over.. just my .02 Good luck with this!
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