kristopher_d

Just as I started a brake swap, I started traveling for work. Unfortunately, this means she sat for the last 2 mo's w/o being started, and now has no compression. She ran fine when I parked her. Any suggestions.

Jimmy325i

how do you know its lacking compression?

kristopher_d

Solenoid engages and starter free-wheels. One and only one cause.

Fingers

not neccesairly. Could be a busted-*** starter. The only way to know for sure is to do a compression check. Both rotors don't just die. there would be some compression at least in one of them.

Besides, 2 months is nothing. I had rx7 parked for several years that started up like it was nothing. Mind you, the smoke was ... neighbourhood-filling

Jimmy325i

If the starter freewheels. That could be a bad solenoid.

If the motor does the same, then you have no compression. It would be making a wowowowowow sound when cranking instead of a popopopopop sound. If you're not getting either of these, then your engine isn't cranking.

BTW: These sounds are from first hand experience with a rotary that got fried from lacking pre-ix after making the decision to go pre-mix. Not my car either! I chewed the guy out when I found out what he'd done.