ok im new at the rx7 era...i was into VW's my whole life and got sick of the mess...so now i have an 88 turbo with 110,000 miles on it and i picked it up for a thousand dollars...couple of questions....i have an oil cooler leak and im not sure if its the lines or the cooler itself anyone know a quick cheap remidy? secondly the body of my car is in great shape...and i have the squared tail lights and i would really like the rounded ones..so A. will they fit? and B. where do i fin them?
thanks for all your help guys
jeff

 

Im pretty sure the lights bolt right on, look in the classified section on the forum and try to get those lights used, or search your local junkyard
...89-91 have the round lights

does you car run for 1000$? and does the turbo work, if so lucky you!

 

yeah it runs great actually...well asfar as i can tell nothing but that oi line is wrong and yeah the turbo spools fine

 

Replace them - it's going to bite you in the *** if it fails.&nbsp It's most likely the oil cooler lines.&nbsp This is especially true if they are original.&nbsp There are several vendors that offer replacement SS lines for a little over $100.&nbsp Corksport http://www.corksport.com/ and Mazdatrix http://www.mazdatrix.com/ offer them - bookmark these two sites; they are both very helpful for finding parts.

If you can't afford $150 pair of oil cooler lines, you should dump the car.&nbsp Many good used examples of these cars are around, but (IMO) it takes another $1000 - $2000 to get them back up to good, reliable running condition, so I hope you got the money to do this.



-Ted

 

good advice

 

If you're really in a bind for money, try and track down a local hydraulic shop that will do "rebuilds" for your original lines.&nbsp I've heard of folks getting away with as cheap as $50 for this job.



-Ted