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my car is runnin like crap... could my cam be bad???

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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 09:09 AM
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my car is runnin like crap... could my cam be bad???

sorrie guys has to do it
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 09:13 AM
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You better check you muffler bearing.
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 09:19 AM
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Have you taken the winter air out and put the spring air in your tires yet? I've heard that can be nasty if you dont...

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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 10:26 AM
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Maybe you broke some valve springs at 8000RPM
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 10:26 AM
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Blinker Fluid, has to be the blinker fluid.
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 10:42 AM
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I think that your head gasket is blown. Could be that your trunk monkey died as well....
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 10:44 AM
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I think you may just need some NOS, maybe 2.
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 10:50 AM
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Gonkalator shaft broken?
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 11:12 AM
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Bad timing belt? Bent rocker arm?
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 11:13 AM
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No no no, maybe you blew your piston rings!
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 11:21 AM
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your subject is real cause your fast idle cam could be screwing up and making it run bad

but I think it's the alternator fluid.
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 11:30 AM
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Next time you go to a scrap yard can you price me out two rear doors for a camaro????
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 02:26 PM
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You blew your flux capacitor. although it might be your timing belt, you might have bent a valve,or a bent valve or you through a rod.
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 02:51 PM
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Yeah while your there I need a starter for 83 corvette
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 02:52 PM
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it may be because you shiftin mad sl0w y0
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 03:02 PM
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 03:14 PM
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I think you need at least 2 new transmissions, mabye 3. Oh yeah, check the fluid in your cigatette lighter! That should never be forgotten!!!!
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 03:51 PM
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RE: cams

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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 08:07 PM
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Could be the license plate tensioner. If it's a convertible, a bad LPT can cause the sunroof to go out of alignment.

I don't think it's the muffler bearings, 'cos on Mazdas they tend to last forever as long as you keep the horn fluid topped off.

I know what it SOUNDS like to me, if it were a VW - the disgronifier goes bad on those. (Being rotary, RX-7s do not have disgronifiers) The fix on a VW is to chuck the disgronifier and install a Euro-spec misigifier, but if you do that you have to convert to dual overhead crankshafts.
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 08:24 PM
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Chec the rotator splint
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 08:39 PM
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I don't think it's the muffler bearings, 'cos on Mazdas they tend to last forever as long as you keep the horn fluid topped off.
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 09:05 PM
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Originally posted by peejay
Could be the license plate tensioner. If it's a convertible, a bad LPT can cause the sunroof to go out of alignment.

I don't think it's the muffler bearings, 'cos on Mazdas they tend to last forever as long as you keep the horn fluid topped off.

I know what it SOUNDS like to me, if it were a VW - the disgronifier goes bad on those. (Being rotary, RX-7s do not have disgronifiers) The fix on a VW is to chuck the disgronifier and install a Euro-spec misigifier, but if you do that you have to convert to dual overhead crankshafts.
My god... I think I wet myself...
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Old Feb 14, 2002 | 09:43 PM
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I know! I know!

Sounds like a chrome redundiator problem. If yours isn't chromed, than that is definitely the cause!
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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 12:40 AM
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check your window cranks, and it could be a pot ash valve, or your peat moss cap
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Old Feb 15, 2002 | 01:20 AM
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ahh man, you gotta check the tire fluid, and you also know it wont run right if the doo hickey ma jigger doesnt have the proper jama lingitis fluid right??

you might also want to check the hamster/hamster food mixture and make sure its right or it might not run correctly.
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