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Old Jul 12, 2021 | 01:32 PM
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Exclamation rookie question about this canister

im a new person to a rotary engines, could someone tell me what is this canister for ? is in a 1988 rx7, please and thanks



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Old Jul 12, 2021 | 02:37 PM
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Its for the cold start assist that some of the RX7s had
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Old Jul 12, 2021 | 02:43 PM
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what product i suppose to put there give me a example please and thanks in live in texas, is dry right now i want to protect the car by doing the right thing
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Old Jul 12, 2021 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Biokid
what product i suppose to put there give me a example please and thanks in live in texas, is dry right now i want to protect the car by doing the right thing
Nothing, don't put anything in there.

That system was designed for cold regions. It's a small little reservoir that you were supposed to fill with coolant. On very very cold days, when you turn the key to ON it injects the coolant into the intake to boost compression. On warm days it does nothing.

It doesn't work, wasn't really necessary, and Mazda themselves issued a service bulletin to their dealers to remove it later in the production run.

You can safely ignore it. Many people block off the port on the intake that it connects to and remove it (myself included), but you don't actually have to do anything with it.
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Old Jul 12, 2021 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by WondrousBread
Nothing, don't put anything in there.

That system was designed for cold regions. It's a small little reservoir that you were supposed to fill with coolant. On very very cold days, when you turn the key to ON it injects the coolant into the intake to boost compression. On warm days it does nothing.

It doesn't work, wasn't really necessary, and Mazda themselves issued a service bulletin to their dealers to remove it later in the production run.

You can safely ignore it. Many people block off the port on the intake that it connects to and remove it (myself included), but you don't actually have to do anything with it.
wow man thanks for all the info I really appreciate your time to explain me this, went i see it empty i get really worried about it
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