skittle update, some good news, some bad news
 

Well i have this little oil leak, well today when i was driving it to my dads it turned into a big leak, so i would say the bad news is that my engine bay is covered in oil.. but the good news is the parts are ordered.. but the really good news is i got 45 miles on it, i got the stereo installed, i did the kevin lander electric fan relay write up. and i did a compression test today and results follow as

Front rotor- 87-87-87
Rear rotor 90-90-90


cold and hot start are really good...


peacee


Dustin

What parts did you order?

Also, use a torque wrench on the front hub bolt...there is a spec for it and I believe it is 95 ft lbs. You can rent it from Autozone if you don't have one.

Was that a hot compression test or cold?

Good to see the numbers are climbing!

James

o ordered a new front main bolt copper gasket and o ring, the compression numbers where like after the car sat for like 1 hr so i would say warm????? that front main bolt is touqued ive allready checked, im pretty shure i dont have that copper gasket, which is i guess prettty important hahahah..

Glad to hear that your compression is going up

yea, when i saw the numbers i got really happpppy:bigthumb::bigthumb::bigthumb::bigthumb:

I didn't use a torque wrench on my front bolt, loctite + silicone + air impact = perfectly tight bolt ;)

Excellent news from skittle-land. Get that leak problem fixed and hopefully youll be good to go. Cant wait to see it when everything is finished up.

im up to 55 miles on it, i still drove it with the leak, im waiting for parts from slow mazda, so tommarow, universal copper gasket and lots of RVT and she should have over 100 miles easily

Sweet, gotta change that sig now :bigthumb:

The Skittle is god, just like the redline buzzer :D

were is my hat?

Dosen't torquing more than stock affect the final endplay?

James

sweet deal, told you compression would go up :D shits going to be fun man, now go paint it, make it hawt!

Doesn't matter unless you keep it pounding down over and over and over. I believe Kevin Landers uses impact for the front pulley bolt. I know I've used every time myself, no problems.

I recommend either a medium impact on the front bolt for ~1-2 full seconds, or the locking plate that is found on some of the 89+ engines (more so remans than anything). I wouldn't trust a front pulley bolt otherwise. One of the first engines I ever built had the bolt come out shortly after startup because I used the FSM torque setting. Now I use the impact gun torque setting instead, and havent had a failure or leak since.

Use of the impact won't harm your endplay setting.

Glad to hear the numbers are going up! Hope it treats you well.

Makes we want to recheck now that theres like 200mi on car. 75F 100R on first check

The endplay setting would be the main thing i was worried about affecting...

I torqued mine to 95 FT LB's, but i realized i didn't locktite it, so i have to pull it apart again..

Should i take the torque up higher? Or just use the impact? For some reason, i don't feel comfortable not knowing what the torque reading is it.. (probably because im so used to verifying torque readings, i work on helicopters)..


-Justin

The copper washer was something I forgot on my
first rebuild. I sliconed it to the front bolt, loctite
on the threads and hit it with a impact. End of
problem.

i took it apart today, and no copper gasket, so i used one from a parts engine, just temp till the new mazda parts come inn