Compression: front rotor like new. Back none at all
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Compression: front rotor like new. Back none at all
Well, I blew my first engine last night. The car was able to get my girlfriend and I home, no tow trucks.
I bought a compression tester this morning and gave it a shot. Front rotor has 3 equal pulses and I saw a peak of about 115. But my back rotor measures nothing at all. The needle never even twitches.
I know it's done but my question is, is no compression at all common in failures?
I bought a compression tester this morning and gave it a shot. Front rotor has 3 equal pulses and I saw a peak of about 115. But my back rotor measures nothing at all. The needle never even twitches.
I know it's done but my question is, is no compression at all common in failures?
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Well, I blew my first engine last night. The car was able to get my girlfriend and I home, no tow trucks.
I bought a compression tester this morning and gave it a shot. Front rotor has 3 equal pulses and I saw a peak of about 115. But my back rotor measures nothing at all. The needle never even twitches.
I know it's done but my question is, is no compression at all common in failures?
I bought a compression tester this morning and gave it a shot. Front rotor has 3 equal pulses and I saw a peak of about 115. But my back rotor measures nothing at all. The needle never even twitches.
I know it's done but my question is, is no compression at all common in failures?
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Should check out your turbos also
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And you blew it because???
Possibly 2 seals gone in the rear. I friend of mine drove 130 miles with a broken seal on each rotor. Couldn't shut it down because it would not start again. Had to idle at 2K. Getting gas was tricky. I pumped while he kept the idle up. Must have gotten about 8 mpg on that tank.
Possibly 2 seals gone in the rear. I friend of mine drove 130 miles with a broken seal on each rotor. Couldn't shut it down because it would not start again. Had to idle at 2K. Getting gas was tricky. I pumped while he kept the idle up. Must have gotten about 8 mpg on that tank.
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And you blew it because???
Possibly 2 seals gone in the rear. I friend of mine drove 130 miles with a broken seal on each rotor. Couldn't shut it down because it would not start again. Had to idle at 2K. Getting gas was tricky. I pumped while he kept the idle up. Must have gotten about 8 mpg on that tank.
Possibly 2 seals gone in the rear. I friend of mine drove 130 miles with a broken seal on each rotor. Couldn't shut it down because it would not start again. Had to idle at 2K. Getting gas was tricky. I pumped while he kept the idle up. Must have gotten about 8 mpg on that tank.
Haha, sounds like my 1st gen....couldnt take foot off gas or it would die. 350 mile road trip in that sucked.
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And you blew it because???
Possibly 2 seals gone in the rear. I friend of mine drove 130 miles with a broken seal on each rotor. Couldn't shut it down because it would not start again. Had to idle at 2K. Getting gas was tricky. I pumped while he kept the idle up. Must have gotten about 8 mpg on that tank.
Possibly 2 seals gone in the rear. I friend of mine drove 130 miles with a broken seal on each rotor. Couldn't shut it down because it would not start again. Had to idle at 2K. Getting gas was tricky. I pumped while he kept the idle up. Must have gotten about 8 mpg on that tank.
to be honest, i think i kinda started to feel like it was invincible. Ive done a lot of no-no's to it and with it over the years and its been bulletproof. I had a false sense of security.
I also was almost out of gas and was afraid to shut it off! haha. Im proud of it for getting us home safely.
on a related note, I may attempt to rebuild her on my own. Is it pretty likely all the rear parts are toast because i had to drive it home? ive been out of the forum loop for some time, where should i look for rotors and housings?
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also, i got into boost to climb a hill on the way back after the boom, and it spooled and sounded fine. how will i know if they're broken? just visual inspection?
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While the chrome on the s6/Rew housings is better, it is still often easier to find a s5 NA or S5 TII housing used in better condition than a used S6/REW housing. The REW housings are usually cracked around the spark plug holes and show more striation wear above the trailing spark plug hole which will hurt compression some. Just find the best s5 or S6 housing you can find and you are good to go. If you go with the S5 NA you will need to swap the exhaust sleeve out of your damaged housing.
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Send it to Kevin at RotaryResurrection. I just got off the phone with him and he is picking up 2 sets of ALS seals from me. Took me a while to convince him to use them but he is now offering them to customers. Best steel seal on the market. I spent over 3 years learning under Kevin before I started building on my own. Cant beat how fast Kevin gets his customers engines done and the man has built well over 500 rotaries over the last decade.
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the chrome is weaker yet in the series 4 and very difficult to find them with real good condition chrome surfaces on.
there is also a spark plug gap difference in the series 4 USDM housings versus anything in the later series. you CAN run them but you CANNOT mix and match them with later series housings, ie when using different housings you have to use them both from a series 4, series 5 and up can be mixed up.
there is also a spark plug gap difference in the series 4 USDM housings versus anything in the later series. you CAN run them but you CANNOT mix and match them with later series housings, ie when using different housings you have to use them both from a series 4, series 5 and up can be mixed up.
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Send it to Kevin at RotaryResurrection. I just got off the phone with him and he is picking up 2 sets of ALS seals from me. Took me a while to convince him to use them but he is now offering them to customers. Best steel seal on the market. I spent over 3 years learning under Kevin before I started building on my own. Cant beat how fast Kevin gets his customers engines done and the man has built well over 500 rotaries over the last decade.
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