Oil Leak!!!
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Oil Leak!!!
Our 1988 RX7 'vert - stock (13b) 154000 mi. has started to leak oil. About a qt per tank of gas. We took it to Mazdatrix for repairs. They said, damn, this pretty much rarely happens to 2nd gen 7's - but it was a known issue with the 1st gen. It's an o'ring that requires the engine to be disassembled to replace.
Total out the door? $5K & change. My wife luvs this car & I've caught myself with a smile a few times myself. But that's twice what we paid for the car 3 yrs ago... - We don't want to trade it in - butt - as we all know - luv is blind.
Should we trade it for the Volvo C70 my wife wants us to go drive/buy or...???
Thx, Gary & Shelley
Total out the door? $5K & change. My wife luvs this car & I've caught myself with a smile a few times myself. But that's twice what we paid for the car 3 yrs ago... - We don't want to trade it in - butt - as we all know - luv is blind.
Should we trade it for the Volvo C70 my wife wants us to go drive/buy or...???
Thx, Gary & Shelley
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i live near by mazdatrix so i always do parts runs... it is more expensive but they always have everything in stock but remember you can always go somewhere else... i've asked around and rebuilds are usually 2-3 thousand... depending on what you want.. also get a second opinion ... i know Rotary reliability in santa ana is a good shop and i've heard good thing about lucky7racing in el monte... good luck
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Thx 4 the suggestions. Today, after the heavy $$$ newz - I started looking at alternatives. Like, I found JDM Engines with a google search. Does anyone have good or bad experiences they could share about these folks? They sell complete engine replacements from what I saw in-stock. And if so, could I install a turbo replacement engine to my non-turbo 'vert and still pass kalifornia smog? http://www.jdmenginescorp.com/index....products_id=27
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depends on what you really want... if I had the coin I would rebuild because you don't know how long those jdm motors have been sitting for and rotarys can't sit for very long... like I said search around different shops... on the west forum you should be able to find a shop...
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joe ... call up kevin landers www.rotaryresurrection.com
he can do a full t2 swap with a new rebuild and some other goodies for around 3000-4000 dollars.
Also if you cant afford to ship your car out ... just find someone on the board and buy there stuff
he can do a full t2 swap with a new rebuild and some other goodies for around 3000-4000 dollars.
Also if you cant afford to ship your car out ... just find someone on the board and buy there stuff
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Well I'm about 4.5k into my turbo swap, so it's probably worth it to go turbo. I did all the work, except the rebuild. I paid $1700 for a complete donor car, and yanked everything. Then I rebuilt the engine, for another $1700 or so through Rotary Resurrection. So it's about $3500 in just the engine, then you'll need an exhaust and anything else you might have received with your engine. I have no idea what labor would cost on something like that, but if you do it yourself, it'd only cost you your time. Then you would have a proper Rx-7 Cabriolet, because you can now use fancy words like that after the swap.
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Well I'm about 4.5k into my turbo swap, so it's probably worth it to go turbo. I did all the work, except the rebuild. I paid $1700 for a complete donor car, and yanked everything. Then I rebuilt the engine, for another $1700 or so through Rotary Resurrection. So it's about $3500 in just the engine, then you'll need an exhaust and anything else you might have received with your engine. I have no idea what labor would cost on something like that, but if you do it yourself, it'd only cost you your time. Then you would have a proper Rx-7 Cabriolet, because you can now use fancy words like that after the swap.
All because it started to leak oil...;-( - I'm not a mechanic.
If I could-I would PAY to have a turbo in our 'vert. And if that was say... 4k out the door -count me in! But I'm in so. ca. & smog is a biotch to pass. So, my wife & I shopped Mitsubishi spyders last weekend 'cause I just can't see sinking 5k plus for 13b rebuild (mazdatrix estimate) into a 1988 super fun 'vert that now leaves it's mark everywhere we go. When we can buy a '04 V6 mitsu spyder for under 13 with less than 50,000 mi.
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cmon boys, name some cali rotary builders.
Joe, were in cali you located?
Personally ive gotten a JDM T2, swaped it in and called it a day. So far i have 50k on it and its running strong. But sometimes you might not be as lucky.
Joe, were in cali you located?
Personally ive gotten a JDM T2, swaped it in and called it a day. So far i have 50k on it and its running strong. But sometimes you might not be as lucky.
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I'm in Buena Park/Cypress area. And a JDM T2, swap sounds awesome if it'll pas ca smog. We have AAA 100 mi. tow service - so I'm not scared to tow it a few miles to be repaired. Thx,
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