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Old 09-01-08, 02:58 PM
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signs of motor going bad????

What are the signs that your motor is going no good and that your coming to a rebuild????
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It won't start.....
Apex seals flew out your exhaust...

Just the usual!
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sometimes they run perfect for a long time and then blow. sometimes they run like crap forever and never blow.

quit worrying about it.
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lots of smoke , overheating, hard to start but sometimes they run great right before they die.
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dont see any of that but it feels like its not running the same way like hard to accelerate...takes a while to pick up speed.
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Yeah bud go check your plug wires, i just had this issue with my car turned out to be that one of my plug wires came off some how and i was running on just one rotar but the car started and drove fine just felt like an extreme lack in power and acceleration. so check that **** up maybe its just that easy.
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if you want to know how good your engine is compression check it
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I have found cracked spark plugs on my rear rotor twice...I think my TQ brace is not strong enough..lol
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thanks and not to mention have 167000 on the original motor.

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plugs seem to be ok but any chance they could be arching??
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Compression test it. Hot.
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Spark plugs will make it arch bad. Bad wires too. You should only run NGK brand,

or a very good aftermarket brand.

I used Denso plugs once and the arching was so bad, it looked like a light show at night..yikes..
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yea im running ngk i recently changed the plugs but not the wires.
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