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Old 06-17-04, 10:01 PM
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Lost all compression on second rotor?

Alright I did a compression test and one the first rotor read great bouncing 3 times to like 100 maybe a little past. The second rotor gave nothing at all. This is a result of bad apex seals right? wouldn't it take all three seals going bad to register nothing? wtf!-
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Lost all compression on second rotor?

Alright I did a compression test and one the first rotor read great bouncing 3 times to like 100 maybe a little past. The second rotor gave nothing at all. This is a result of bad apex seals right? wouldn't it take all three seals going bad to register nothing? wtf!-
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usually two are bad if you get nothing - do your self a favor and dont crak it anymore. If any pieces of apex are loose you could wipe out the rotor housing if its not already toast.
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usually two are bad if you get nothing - do your self a favor and dont crak it anymore. If any pieces of apex are loose you could wipe out the rotor housing if its not already toast.
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usually two are bad if you get nothing - do your self a favor and dont crak it anymore. If any pieces of apex are loose you could wipe out the rotor housing if its not already toast.
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Old 06-17-04, 10:19 PM
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or if your creative you could have lost one apex and one side seal

odds are though the seals are stuck.

i have a motor on my bench that none of the seals are broken but 0's across the board on back and 30's on front.
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no not realy check all wires plugs grounds, i never heard of that happening but there is something weard sounding like 5 pistons work but 1 does nothing, best bet just rebuild the ****** thing ports and **** like that save u frustration and over all results come out better
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rebuild?

Sess- How ya tell if they are stuck? If they are what is a good way (if any) to get them "unstuck"? I don't think they are stuck though. The problem occurred outta the blue one day, not like the car was sitting for a long period of time.
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see the engine that I got was sitting for awhile -

some ppl try ATF but that's usually for carbon lock.

just go with a full rebuild and get a cherry engine again.
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My friend, your looking for a shortcut when you possibly have major engine damage. When the engine has sat for a LOOOOOOOg time, unsticking them is an option. If this failure has happend during a peroid where the engine has been running, well, its not a pretty site.
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take a peep inside

see what's going on in there
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please only hit the submit button once... your duplicate threads have been merged.
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Well, my engine did roughly the same thing, and is currently in pieces on the floor of the basement awaiting the rebuild kit to come on.

Rear rotor & housing are toast, front housing is questionable at best.

-=Russ=-
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