My 88 rx-7 just crapped out
08-22-04, 08:17 PM
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My 88 rx-7 just crapped out
I drove back to school in New Hampshire from Connecticut and right when I pulled in the car stalled. I didn't think much of it, and started it again to make sure it was ok. After I started it, the engine was sputtering, and would stall unless I kept the rpms up. It was a real rough ride and a lot of black smoke was coming out the back, seemed like it was lacking air (too rich). The car ended up being in too bad of shape to even drive to a local garage, I had to have it towed. Anyone know what might be wrong. I just bought this car recently, hopefully everything is ok.
.......sounds like the same symptoms of when mine blew a rear apex......
08-22-04, 10:28 PM
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not always.....when I blew my front apex, it ran great up till the last 1/2 mile before it blew. The front rotor on that engine is still pushing around 100-105 psi. I chalked it up to oil starvation....the rear injector was really nasty looking while the front one wasn't nearly as bad.
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08-23-04, 01:47 AM
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to replace the apex seal will require a engine tear down. and normaly you just dont change one seal u rebuild the complease engine(kit costing anywhere form 600-1000) or you can pull the engine and send it to kevin landers at rotaryresurestion. and he rebuillds start at 1000... what did the engine have for milege on it
08-23-04, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Fukui-San
$1000, that's just great. I just bought the car for $6000, it appeared to be in perfect shape. It only has 70,000 miles on it.
the rotary is reliable granted the person who owned the car before you knew how to take care of a rotary. they are finicky, but reliable when treated properly.
6000 for a 88? is it a t2 or a N/A? that is really expensive for a 2nd gen.
08-23-04, 10:54 AM
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All right, before you go and hara-kari yourself, check some things first, compression test will be on your list, of course, but take a look around the engine bay- check the security of all electrical connectors, including the AFM plug. Check all of your vac hoses for cracks and security, and check things like your oil & coolant levels to see if anything weird is going on...
$6000? She must be mint
$6000? She must be mint
08-23-04, 11:03 AM
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Yeah, it's a t2, it's the 10th anniversary edition. Believe me, the thing was mint. Hoses and connections and fluids are all good. How do I go about doing a compression test?
08-23-04, 11:42 AM
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Yeah, sounds like my apex seal needs replacement. The engine isn't running smoothly at all. Can any old mechanic do the job, or do I have to take it to a specialty mechanic?
08-23-04, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Fukui-San
Yeah, sounds like my apex seal needs replacement. The engine isn't running smoothly at all. Can any old mechanic do the job, or do I have to take it to a specialty mechanic?
no do NOT take it to any old mechanic. that is just a waste of $$$.
you're going to have to learn how to take the engine out and ship your core to him for a rebuild.
6k mint t2 ... i guess 70k miles is when i would start worrying about the engine on a turbocharged rotary anyway.
it's really not so bad. you'll have spent 7k and have a superb condition t2 with an engine that won't go for a good couple of years.
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