So I was just cruising along the freeway today at about 70mph when all of the sudden, a very loud buzzer goes off in my car. I look at the warning lights and nothing is on. I look at my oil pressure and temperature gauges, they seem normal. The pressure was between 30 and 60 and the temperature was right at the midway point. So I pulled off, cut the ignition and got out. Immediately I saw smoke rising from the entire car. The wheel wells, the hood, etc. I looked underneath the car and found a huge spill of oil. The smoke was probably due to the oil getting EVERYWHERE on the car.

My question is: Do you guys know what happened to the car? It is a 1989 Turbo II with 123k on the stock motor. Thanks a bunch.

Also, if anyone is in the bay area, do you know of any shops that I should take the car to? Rotary extreme is not taking anymore cars, AND they want 6000 dollars for an engine rebuild. I called Mr. Mazda and they can't take the car until wednesday. If anyone could help me out, that'd be great.

 

See it was a good thing your buzzer was not disabled.

You probably busted a oil line. You will need to clean it up and look.

 

Yeah, that's what rotorsport said might have happened.

 

I busted an oil line on my maiden voyage with my J-Spec...scared the crap outta me. I've gone through 2 sets of the stock lines, I guess it would be a good idea to get the braided lines.

 

I'm with Icemark on this one. You probably blew an oil cooler line. They run a decent amount of pressure, so if it did burst there's a good chance **** squirted everywhere...

Clean it up, fill her up with oil, get her running and see where the leaks from. Mazdatrix sells stainless steel braided oil cooler lines. Not sure if they come with the washers... but those can be had at the dealer for $5 EACH... rediculous I say.

 

Haha, I had it towed to rotorsport, since I have no resources to do anything myself, and I need the car because I'm starting a new job on Monday. It's costing a good deal of money, but I got steel braided lines and a reputable shop working on it. Hope it's worth it. Also getting it filled with royal purple.

 

I hope they gave you a decent deal. The oil cooler lines are not very hard to swap. I got mine for $150 at a hydraulic shop, but I have read that they can be had for much cheaper. All you need is a jack and a set of tools, and you could do just about everything yourself. Good luck.

 

Heh..thats happened to me in the exact same fashion. going down the street, then BUZZZZZ! Just to warn you though, I think Royal Purple is a synthetic, and thats not good on a rotary. you should always use conventional oil on a rotary. Conventional burns better and doesn't leave nasty ash in your engine.

 

^^Not true there are many threads to prove this.

 

well, the parts are about that much, but the labor/towing + tax is the real killer. It more than doubles the price. !!!

But I really don't have time to do any of that stuff. I hope they do a good job.

 

Hmmm, well, Paul over at Rotorsport said that they've used royal purple in their cars for years, and have never had any problems. I think it's the cheaper synthetics that cause ash and such.