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Old Dec 23, 2001 | 08:33 PM
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HEY YALL HELP PLEASE MY 7 IS KILLIN ME.... WELL MY 7 SMOKES ALOT AT FIRST START IN THE MORN OR WHENEVER.....BAD APEX SEALS? COULD THAT BE IT? OK MY 87' 7 THE TEMP GAUGE AND SPEDOMETER DO NOT WORK .....WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ? SPEDOMETER IS HOOKED TO THE TRANNY AND TO THE SPEDOMETER SO IM CONFUZED....??? I NEED MY TEMP GAUGE HEEEELP
MY CLUTCH SLIPS SOMETIMES WHEN I HIT ON IT HARD WHATZ THAT?
AND LASTLY I KEEP HEARIN A WARNING BUZZER BUT NO LIGHT IN MY DASH TO REPRESENT WHAT IT IS AT THAT TIME MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT ........???? BAD PUMP??? HELP PLEASE...


JIZACK FROM T-TOWN WIT THE STOCKEST 7 AROUND
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Old Dec 23, 2001 | 08:39 PM
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please take off the caps lock. I really cant help much, but you probably shouldn't drive your car with no temp. gauge.
Rotary engine+overheating=bad
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Old Dec 23, 2001 | 08:40 PM
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what color smoke
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Old Dec 23, 2001 | 08:58 PM
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Smoke on start-up is commonly diagnosed as bad oil seals.

Your spedometer is probably dead. you should try to get another gauge cluster from a junkyard and swap it out. OR try replacing the cable.....

tempature sensor bad? Probably unrelated to the spedo problem.

have you ever blead you clutch fluid? how long since you last new clutch?

your PS beep seems like something everyone has but nobody has a real answer for

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Old Dec 23, 2001 | 09:00 PM
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white smoke would indicate
a bad water seal inside the engine
has your car over heated?
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Old Dec 23, 2001 | 09:31 PM
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My smoke is blue and smells a lot like gas, however when I go with it it turns into white smoke, what the hell is up?
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Old Dec 24, 2001 | 09:31 PM
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Your PS beeps and fails cuz you have no speedo. Fix the speedo, you will fix that too. Probably the cable came off under the dash.

Beware the no temp gauge issue. Keep an eye on your coolant level, someone may have removed the low coolant sensor... and white smoke generally means coolant being pumped into the combustion chamber. How long have you had this car?
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Old Dec 26, 2001 | 02:32 PM
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the beep is probably the speedo not working like previously stated but if it is a five beep pattern that means that it could be anything to do with the power steering. check out my thread "Duh... whuts that do??"..... i went through a whole bunch of diagnostic stuff and most of it is in there.

check to see if your temp sensor is still in the top of your radiator. that is the temp sensor right guys?

oh to put the cable on the speedo you gotta reach around underneath everything and "get it from behind..."

Justin
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Old Dec 27, 2001 | 07:13 AM
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I have a feeling the buzzer is the shift buzzer.

Smoke=Bad seals, the posts above cover the smoke and which seals.

No temp reading-Make sure you are getting voltage from the sensor in the rad. It could be you need a sensor.

How many miles are on the car? Have you ever had the clutch replaced? Obviously a lot of miles, and hard driving will cause a clutch to just go bad.
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