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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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Cool RX-7 no start?

well i know i need a new engine or a rebuild my car has 270k mi. on it i just bought it and it wont start i bought a new starter,batterry,alternator,and spark plugs and it still wont start and their may be coolant leaking into my engine most likely because of a gasket but what should i do?
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 09:45 AM
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Rebuild. It's very likely it has shitty compression. Regardless, with that many miles, you might as well rebuild it.
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 10:20 AM
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Have you done any real troubleshooting at all? For example, have you checked for fuel, spark, compression? It may just be flooded...
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
Have you done any real troubleshooting at all? For example, have you checked for fuel, spark, compression? It may just be flooded...
Bah. Ok, ok...

Take your spark plugs out and put them near a ground. Turn the car over. Do they spark? Hopefully.

Take off your coolant fill cap, fill up the coolant, and take out the EGI fuse then crank the car over. Does it bubble a lot? Hopefully not.

Compression check:
http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/te...ion_check.html
Hopefully it's not under 90.

Flooding:
http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/te...nflooding.html
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