Well guys..... The thing you all dread oh so much!!!! Pulsation Damper Failure leading to engine fire. If you smell gas dont drive your car and make sure your pulsation dampers arent leaking. If they are GET IT FIXED!!!!!!! Big Pictures Sorry


Whats left of the wires behind the smog pump...


View of the compartment without the intake hose and bracket


The melted fan and Shroud


Nuked Charcoal Canister and Wiper... Already got replacement wiper moter


Picture right after the fire. Evaporated Antifreeze everywhere!!!!


So Im kinda newb at this....She's an 87 all stock GXL and i want to fix it but I'm a poor *** college student. Need to find parts very cheaply and im not lookin for anything fancy just something to get her workin again. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

 

check out the for sale section. there are ppl parting out cars all the time

 

you will be better off trying to find a complete used top end off the for sale section and a used wiring harness, it will be a waste to try and repair everything up there.

sorry for your loss.

 

Debating just getting another car.... What do you guys think?

 

for now that would be best but parts aren't super expensive and if you are mechanically inclined you can have it all fixed for a few hundred bucks.

 

Now on the injectors should i go new ones or can i pick up some lightly used ones with no ill effects

 

I'm sorry for your loss. Good luck on the fixing, glad to hear you intend on keeping it.

 

you can get some used ones cheap and have them sent to an injector servicing shop like withunter or Cruzin performance to be cleaned for about $50 plus shipping.

 

Wow, makes you think. How much are pulsation dampers again???

 

Not again..

 

Is that all together for one?

 

Jesus christ

I think my PD failed as well. I was reluctant to do without my DD right now so as a temp measure I had bought a fire extinguisher for the car.

No more!

 

dude seriously, we need to get on this crap, i would sue mazda, some guy did when his fd got torched and won too i think. if you can prove that was it then im pretty sure you can get em on it, for an fc they'll prolly settle quick just to not have to worry about it, and you may get enought to make out with a nice t2 with cash on the side maybe. they need to do a damned recall on those things tho.

 

Yeah, there's no way we can get a recall on pulsation dampers?

 

just filed a complaint to the Highway Traffic Safety Admistration trying to get a recall made.

 

funny thing is, i am sure you wont win, becauses there is technical service bulletins about the PD failer, which releaves them from all liability. also doesnt the FSM say to check for PD failier? an engine fire due to poor maitanace is not the responsablity of Mazda, Bitch.

 

i had my pulsation dampner fail and found the leak before my engine did this..

So glad mine didn't catch fire cause I drove awhile before getting it replaced.

So sorry to see another trashed engine compartment due to this crap.

I agree, a recall should be made for these things!

 

do the 8's come with them? if so are they plastic?
if not that means mazda realized the design flaw and the new ones should be retrofitted. i removed mine entirely and ran straight fuel lines, worse for power, but a small price to pay to not have to worry about that crap

 

Did you ever consider the banjo bolt option?

 

not really trying for a lawsuite just want to get them recalled and get something that isnt quite so prone to failure.

 

i am considering the banjo bolt when i get a little money to start digging into this

 

they aren't all that prone to failure, most of the time the fuel hoses are in much more poor shape than the PD is by the mileage they see. unfortunately these are not new cars and nothing will be done to have a recall done on our cars since they are mainly over 100k miles by now. if there would have been a rash of failures sooner i believe something would have been done but these cars are almost 20 years old now, nothing lasts forever and you can't expect it to.

 

I really dont see Mazda going to have recall for this. our cars are just about at the end of their parts life cycle. soon mazda wont have stock most parts for FC's

 

Link to thread in archive for more info:
https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-gen-archive-72/pulsation-damper-failure-victims-read-60160/

 

This is true. Im not expecting much to happen about it especially a 20 y.o. 121k mile car