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Old 11-08-06, 04:25 PM
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Did I just lose a rotor?

Alright, so I was driving down the highway then I notice that it starts to get chunky sounding like a WRX, so I stop at the turnoff light to my house and it really starts to vibrate/become chunky and barely holds idle, get to my house, turn it off, take a look around, try to start it up again and it takes 10 secs or more to finally crank and still sounds and feels like ****. Revs fine up past 3-4 thousand and still idles but...What happened?
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Compression test...
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Originally Posted by My5ABaby
Compression test...
Werd. If you wanna do it the poor man's way, pull a plug and crank, if instead of some quick chugs you get a different sound, you know there is a definite problem...
Old 11-08-06, 10:23 PM
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I thought you cant idle if you are on one rotor? Atleast thats what someone told me.
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You can idle, it just wont idle well.
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Got a vid

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...t=MVI_0596.flv
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My car idles on one rotor...
Old 11-09-06, 06:17 AM
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Its either blown, fouled plugs, or a primary injector stuck closed.

So yeah, start with a compression test. It's running on 1 rotor in that vid.
Old 11-09-06, 06:59 AM
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let us know what you come up with on the compression test. do you know how to perform a compression test with a standard made for piston engine type testers? if not, post back and i'll tell you how or someone here will.
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http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/2n...ion_check.html
Old 11-09-06, 03:41 PM
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32psi on the front rotor -_-
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sorry to hear that
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geez, and you posted such beautiful pictures of your car too..

T2 swap it!
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T2/V8 swap it!!

haha sorry i dont usually push swaps, but it just makes more sense in the end then to rebuild it, when u could use that money to go turbo/other methods of powering your fc. and no we are not here to debate v8 swaps.
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a new 13B for your car would be an excellent choice, whether it be turbo or not. if you love the car, keep it and rebuild it.
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Originally Posted by mazdaverx713b
a new 13B for your car would be an excellent choice, whether it be turbo or not. if you love the car, keep it and rebuild it.
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