jspec has water in it! Listen to this...
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jspec has water in it! Listen to this...
Bought a jspec (dirt cheap) and was checking compression before install, and the plugs where wet, tip the engine over and dumped out a puddle of water. Called the guy, he said it would run fine just as long as the water wasn't antifreeze. He will still refund my money, but thinks I should still use my engine...I NEED YOU GUYS TO REPLY...SO i CAN TELL THIS GUY THAT i AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS OPINION...But let me know, will it run?, he is still providing a warranty, and his idea is install it and if it runs, great; if not then wait for another engine! PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!
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actually he just brought my money back, told me to keep the motor, try it, and see if I can make it run, so do you think I should drop it in? I just don't want to waste the labor. What do you think?
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@ pipnorcali
some importers try to clean the motors and no matter what you do water will get in, that is why we don't wash our J spec motors any more, sounds like you got what you paid for
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Hmm I bought a core and it didn't have water in it but there was a lot of rust in the front housing. So much that the rotor and side plates were ruined.
It might be an indicator sthat something is fucked up inside.
It might be JDM salt water or like SD said maybe just Domestic blinker fluid.
Anyways......
Since you have a Jspec AND your money back.
Send it off to Kevin(Rotary Resurrection) and get it rebuilt to make sure every thing is ok!
It might be an indicator sthat something is fucked up inside.
It might be JDM salt water or like SD said maybe just Domestic blinker fluid.
Anyways......
Since you have a Jspec AND your money back.
Send it off to Kevin(Rotary Resurrection) and get it rebuilt to make sure every thing is ok!
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Is the water CLEAR or ORANGE?
This is an easy test that could determine if the water was there only for a short time or if it was sitting long enough to corrode the insides.
-Ted
This is an easy test that could determine if the water was there only for a short time or if it was sitting long enough to corrode the insides.
-Ted
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Have you put an engine in our cars yet? Not very fun if the thing turns out to be bad.
The engine should spin freely. If you need a big breaker bar to turn it over then it's bad.
My rebuilt one can be turned over almost by one hand on the flywheel.
My Jspec was so rusted inside that I had my full body weight on a pry bar and it finally let loose.
I still say Rebuild it. Kevin charges like $1200-1300 for rebuilds plus shipping. He is some what close to you as well so shipping will be cheap.
The engine should spin freely. If you need a big breaker bar to turn it over then it's bad.
My rebuilt one can be turned over almost by one hand on the flywheel.
My Jspec was so rusted inside that I had my full body weight on a pry bar and it finally let loose.
I still say Rebuild it. Kevin charges like $1200-1300 for rebuilds plus shipping. He is some what close to you as well so shipping will be cheap.
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@ pipnorcali
Originally posted by patrick2377
Sounds like it, hopefully it will sound like a lot more when it runs?!?!?! You sell jspec's?
Sounds like it, hopefully it will sound like a lot more when it runs?!?!?! You sell jspec's?
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