Need some advice: TII startup after 3 years
 

Hello again RX-7 Club,

It's been some time since I have posted on here.

In a nut shell, my TII has been sitting in my garage for the better part of 3 years. Prior to storing it, I put fresh fluids in and for a while started the car every 2-3 months to keep the fluids moving. At a certain point I committed blasphemy and neglected the car forgetting about it in the garage.

Here I am now, and looking to get the car back on the road and my question pertains to prep prior to starting the car. My major concern is stuck apex seals, or any other seal for that matter, having been in one position for 2+ years. My thought was to pull the turbo and exhaust manifold off, and add some oil onto the seals as they passed the exhaust port. I would do this a few times before I considered starting the car to make sure that I have compression and the seals are lubricated prior to that initial start up.

Can anyone weigh in if this is a good strategy, and if there are other precautions that I should be taking as well?

Thanks for your time!

You can much more easily just take the plugs out and pour oil in that way, than just turn the motor over by hand

Since its been sitting, i would be more worried about whats in the gas tank more than the seals being sticky

If i were you i'm put oil in the motor, give it a couple turns, drop the tank, clean it, replace the sock and verify the fuel pump works, turn the motor over again a couple times, put the tank back in, replace the fuel filter, turn the motor over again a couple times, change the oil, change/flush the antifreeze, put gas in the tank, and see if she fires up

What he said about the gas.
And if it doesn't start due to low compression (stuck seal) get an assistant to help you pull start it. I've had great success.

Thank you all for the info and help!

I had this same thing when i bought mine .mine sat for 6 years. I just added some thin oil in to each rotor housing spun it over by hand let it sit for a few days. Drained the gas. Put some new gas in and it started up fairly well. However i did have a bad fuel leak from dried up injector seals.i would keep a eye on that.
Good luck!