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Old 01-27-02, 09:07 AM
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Exclamation Someone Please Help I Dont Wanna Sell It!!! SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS KEYBOARDS STUCK!!!

SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS MY KEYBOARDS BUSTED,WAITING FOR MY NEW ONE.

WSUP FOLKS?! IM IN THE BRONX (NYC) AREA, AND IM LOOKIN FOR ANOTHER RX-7. MY 87 N/T IS UP FOR SALE FOR $1500 OR A DECENT TRADE. I GOTTA SELL MINE BECAUSE IT WONT START, I DONT KNOW WHATS WRONG W/IT.
I HAD THE CLUTCH CHANGED AND THE TRANNY RECENTLY REBUILT. AFTER I HAD THE TRANNY REBUILT AND CLUTCH CHANGED MY IDLE WENT NUTTY AND STARTED BOUNCIN' WHEN IT WAS WARMIN' UP, IT WOULD BOUNCE FROM 1,200 TO ABOUT 1,800, IF I HELD THE CLUTCH IT WOULDNT BOUNCE .I HAD LEFT AND WENT TO GEORGIA FOR A WEEK, WHILE I WAS GONE THE CAR WASN'T STARTED, WHEN I CAME BACK I WENT AND STARTED THE CAR AND LEFT IT TO WARM UP. WELL WHEN I CAME BACK OUT 10 MINS. LATER THE CAR WAS DEAD AND WOULDNT RESTART, I GOT IT RUNNIN' THE NEXT DAY AND IT RAN REALLY WEAKLY FOR LIKE 2 MINS. THEN DIED WHEN I LET THE CLUTCH OUT, SINCE THAT DAY IT HASNT STARTED.
I HAVE TRIED REPEATEDLY TO START IT, BUT IT WONT KICK OVER, WHEN I OPEN THE HOOD AND CHECK FOR LOOSE WHATEVERS I DONT FIND NETHING AND I SMELL GAS!! I REALLY DONT WANNA SELL MY BABY BUT I CANT FIGURE OUT WHATS WRONG W/IT AND IT WONT START TO GET IT TO MY MECHANIC.
IT HAS PLENTY OF NEW PARTS LIKE~> COMPLETE NEW BRAKE SYSTEM $700, REBUILT TRANNY $600, NEW CLUTCH $350, NEW CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER $70, NEW TUNE UP $130, TINTED WINDOWS (20%) $150, SONY HEAD UNIT $150, 4 NEW TIRES (80%NEW) $200, CARBON FIBRE RACING PEDALS $50, AND CARBON FIBRE SHIFT **** $25.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY TECH. ADVICE ON WHAT MY PROBLEM MIGHT BE, FEEL FREE TO PM ME, REPLY TO THIS , WHATEVER, JUST TELL ME WHAT U KNOW. ANY AND ALL HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!

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Old 02-01-02, 07:21 PM
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SOUNDS LIKE A POSSIBLE VACCUM HOSE LEAK SOMEWHERE, CHECK EACH AND EVERY SMALL HOSE YOU SEE IN YOUR ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ONE MAY OF ROTTEN OUT, HEY I'M NOT IN BROOKLYN BUT I'M FROM THERE....IF I EVER COME THRU I'LL TRY GIVING YOU A HOLLA I USUALLY GO TO NY TWICE A MONTH, BACK TO YOUR PROBLEM MORE THAN LIKELY YOU HAVE A VACCUUM LEAK, ALSO, HAVE YOU DONA COMPRESSION TEST?? IF YOU SMELL GAS IT COULD BE FLOODED, YOUR INJECTORS COULD BE LEAKING WHILE YOU WERE AWAY. TO FIND UNFLOODING PROCEDURES, GO TO THE SEARCH PART OF THIS PAGE AND TYPE ENGINE FLODDD AND EVERY6THING WITH THOSE WORDS ON THIS PAGE WILL COME UP, YOU SHOULD FIND THE UNFLOODING PROCEDURES THERE PISSTONS 420????

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Old 02-01-02, 07:27 PM
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Talking thanx

Thanx a lot!!!! I was thinkin' that but I wasn't totally sure what I should do about it,nobody else brought it up as a possibility,except you.
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Sounds like it's flooded.

Pull the 40A injector fuse near the driver's strut tower, crank the car for about 15sec then pop the fuse back in and try it.
EDIT: You might have to do this more than once for it to work.

After you get it running, replace your TPS or take it somewhere to get it adjusted.




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