Car Smoking, Need a bit of help Asap.

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08-23-10, 10:35 PM

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Colleague says blown oil seal due to the drastic oil weight change.

Drastic? No. 20W50 is what I've been running for the entire life of two of my motors. I'm pretty sure it's what's recommended.

I wouldn't talk to regular 'car guys' about rotaries. They come up with some wack ****.

I would start looking at the ignition system. When was the last time you changed plugs + wires? Test it for spark.

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08-24-10, 11:14 AM

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I would start looking at the ignition system. When was the last time you changed plugs + wires? Test it for spark.

Plugs have less than 4k, so do the wires.

tl;dr Blown rotor. Sufficient power loss, horrible acceleration. FC Grounded.

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08-25-10, 12:20 AM

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Have you pulled out one of your trailing (top) plugs, pulled out your EGI fuse + cranked it over? If you hear three even whooshes, then it's not blown. Then you can try a compression test w a piston engine tester.

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