Coolant leak WHERE? Help!
#26
Update for those interested.
Mine (I hope) is a very unique situation. It turns out that my motor, which was rebuilt about 20k miles ago down in SoCal was put together using pieces from many different motors, including a rear rotor housing from a TII motor. Apparently the TII motors have a different ports for coolant passages than the FD, so they had simply stuffed that hole with silicone, which, after time, started to develop a leak, and that's where my leak was coming from. Not only that, but the seals were from a 70s rotary, and they were grooves in the rotor housing, which explains why I had such weak vacuum.
What the friggin hell? Basically my motor was shoddy, and I'm actually surprised that it lasted this long.
I'm not sure if I should mention which shop I had my motor rebuilt at a few years ago, but if anybody's getting a new motor down in SoCal, PM me first. Hahahahha...
Mine (I hope) is a very unique situation. It turns out that my motor, which was rebuilt about 20k miles ago down in SoCal was put together using pieces from many different motors, including a rear rotor housing from a TII motor. Apparently the TII motors have a different ports for coolant passages than the FD, so they had simply stuffed that hole with silicone, which, after time, started to develop a leak, and that's where my leak was coming from. Not only that, but the seals were from a 70s rotary, and they were grooves in the rotor housing, which explains why I had such weak vacuum.
What the friggin hell? Basically my motor was shoddy, and I'm actually surprised that it lasted this long.
I'm not sure if I should mention which shop I had my motor rebuilt at a few years ago, but if anybody's getting a new motor down in SoCal, PM me first. Hahahahha...
#28
Well I did some quick searching on the forums for this place, and it looks like they get very mixed reviews. It was R&R Rotary in Upland. Again this was about three years ago, so they might have gotten better since I was there. Still...I bit bc of the price, and now I'm paying for it. Luckily I'm in SF now so I have Rick's Rotary Performance doing all the work, so I know it'll get done right and for the right price and in the right amount of time.
At R&R, my car was there for over three months!!
At R&R, my car was there for over three months!!
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