Sad Sad Day For Me and My FD.
08-09-02, 05:51 AM
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Just went through this two weeks ago.
Major coolant problems, always overflowing from the overflow and also coolant loss to the point where i could top it off at night and come to it the next morning WITHOUT STARTING THE CAR and the level was down. Changed the AST and rad caps but no effect. Put in block weld and no effect.
Couldnt work it out, and no sign of a leak at all.
Then one morning, couldnt even see the level in the filler neck, topped it off, and it ran out of the water pump. Ater many hours of swearing, pulled the water pump and found that it had been leaking for a long time from the access hole underneath the bearings for the water pump pulley - big rusty streak from it !
You can see the hole (just) with a small mirror under the water pump pulley. Check it out !
Chris
Major coolant problems, always overflowing from the overflow and also coolant loss to the point where i could top it off at night and come to it the next morning WITHOUT STARTING THE CAR and the level was down. Changed the AST and rad caps but no effect. Put in block weld and no effect.
Couldnt work it out, and no sign of a leak at all.
Then one morning, couldnt even see the level in the filler neck, topped it off, and it ran out of the water pump. Ater many hours of swearing, pulled the water pump and found that it had been leaking for a long time from the access hole underneath the bearings for the water pump pulley - big rusty streak from it !
You can see the hole (just) with a small mirror under the water pump pulley. Check it out !
Chris
08-09-02, 01:28 PM
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Originally posted by nrolfes1
WTF? does it still run? if the engine still runs then i wouldn't jump on the rebuild bandwagon yet. It could be fouled plugs, bad ground, clogged cat...
WTF? does it still run? if the engine still runs then i wouldn't jump on the rebuild bandwagon yet. It could be fouled plugs, bad ground, clogged cat...
08-09-02, 01:29 PM
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Originally posted by HUGH
Too bad, however make sure totake advantage of the situation and do some upgrading...Porting...Clutch...Flywheel..Silicon hoses
Too bad, however make sure totake advantage of the situation and do some upgrading...Porting...Clutch...Flywheel..Silicon hoses
08-09-02, 01:31 PM
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Originally posted by RonKMiller
Time for 3 or 4 bottles (or more) of CRC Copper Block Weld. You have absolutely nothing to lose but $7.00 a bottle.
If that doesn't work 3 or 4 bottles of beer probably will.
Time for 3 or 4 bottles (or more) of CRC Copper Block Weld. You have absolutely nothing to lose but $7.00 a bottle.
If that doesn't work 3 or 4 bottles of beer probably will.
08-09-02, 01:32 PM
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Originally posted by paw140
Anyway, my plugs were totally fouled, so I put in new ones, threw some stop leak stuff in the coolant (I think I used Bars Leak), and I haven't had any more problems for the past 1400 miles.
Anyway, my plugs were totally fouled, so I put in new ones, threw some stop leak stuff in the coolant (I think I used Bars Leak), and I haven't had any more problems for the past 1400 miles.
08-15-02, 06:55 PM
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Well I am farely confident I blew out something. There is no power what so ever. A geo Metro could probably take me. It will idle OK, but the vacuum has dropped to 10 psi. The exhaust sound has changed to a very helicoptor sound and smells badly like gas. The engine will start but it takes twice as long. I think I have blown one rotor but the other is still alive. Anyone got any comments. By the way it will rev to 9k but it takes like 15 seconds to reach that high, very slow.
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Its not a clogged cat because I dont have cats. On the way to work when the turbos were transitioning there was no power in the second turbo. Infact all that happened was the power dropped and black smoke poored out the back. Pushed down the gas a little more and the smoke got worse. Came to a stop and it shoulded like a helicoptor not a rotory.
I got a quote an buying a remanufactured remain, opening it up and installing hurley seals and viton coolant seals. Porting the oil, coolant, intake, and exhaust ports. Clearancing the rotors, and adding an escentric plug. Checking all tolerances on housings and rotors and verifying everything is put together correctly for 3450. Can PFS beet that?
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Its not a clogged cat because I dont have cats. On the way to work when the turbos were transitioning there was no power in the second turbo. Infact all that happened was the power dropped and black smoke poored out the back. Pushed down the gas a little more and the smoke got worse. Came to a stop and it shoulded like a helicoptor not a rotory.
I got a quote an buying a remanufactured remain, opening it up and installing hurley seals and viton coolant seals. Porting the oil, coolant, intake, and exhaust ports. Clearancing the rotors, and adding an escentric plug. Checking all tolerances on housings and rotors and verifying everything is put together correctly for 3450. Can PFS beet that?
08-15-02, 09:10 PM
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Originally posted by Nathan Kwok
Hey everyone that has had their coolant seals go out, what was your first symptom?
Hey everyone that has had their coolant seals go out, what was your first symptom?
I now have silicone teflon coated coolant seals that Dave at KDR says are indestructible. Before everyone gets excited and wants a set, I got mine over a year ago. Evidently the company that produces them has starting making them too thick, this unsuitable for use in our motors.
08-15-02, 09:17 PM
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Evidently the company that produces them has starting making them too thick, this unsuitable for use in our motors.
Evidently the company that produces them has starting making them too thick, this unsuitable for use in our motors.
08-15-02, 10:15 PM
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I was asking because when I start my car when its cold i get some vapor out of the tailpipe that I swear smells like coolant. I put my hand over the tailpipe and then quickly smell my hand and its definitely a sweet smell. The vapor goes away after, say a minute, probably faster if I drive away but I can't tell when I'm driving. The strange thing is I don't have any other symptoms. Never hard to start, although hot starts tend to be easier than cold starts, it seems like all cars are like this, never uses coolant, doesn't stumble when I first start it, no coolant light, nothing like that. Coolant levels at all 3 points are always exactly the same, that is, full to the brim at the AST and filler neck, and the overflow neck is 3 bars from the top, exactly where it was when I got the coolant drained and filled last summer. Just a mist out of the tailpipe. It has also done this since I got the car about 2 years ago, although I never bothered smelling it until, maybe 6 months ago. The funny thing is i'm 99% sure the smell is a coolant smell. I know gas has a syrupy smell but this definitely is sweet. Any ideas what is going on?
08-16-02, 01:09 AM
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Originally posted by the_glass_man
Rich, just wanted to know where you heard that. Also I think a switch to evan would help as well.
Rich, just wanted to know where you heard that. Also I think a switch to evan would help as well.
Dave said he was trying to get the company to make the seals the way they used to and sell to him. Hopefully he can pull it off.
I can't tell you the peace of mind I have knowing that my motor will never push coolant again
08-16-02, 06:40 AM
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Originally posted by Rogue
You better knock on wood.
You better knock on wood.
08-16-02, 07:46 AM
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Originally posted by se7en steve
vudoodoodoo,
where in salem is BPR? im actually heading up to the north shore on friday. ive always wondered if there was a rotor specialist around here.
vudoodoodoo,
where in salem is BPR? im actually heading up to the north shore on friday. ive always wondered if there was a rotor specialist around here.
I hope the weather permits though. My car hates the heat. It's been ****** hot and humid all week!!!
08-16-02, 12:56 PM
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Originally posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Mr. Three Quarter Ryan, I suggest you go drive your v6 Camaro and leave the FD RX7 talk to those who have some first hand experience. Have a nice day, Joisey Boy
Mr. Three Quarter Ryan, I suggest you go drive your v6 Camaro and leave the FD RX7 talk to those who have some first hand experience. Have a nice day, Joisey Boy
08-16-02, 02:51 PM
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Originally posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Do tell.........
Do tell.........
08-16-02, 03:15 PM
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Originally posted by GoodfellaFD3S
I now have silicone teflon coated coolant seals that Dave at KDR says are indestructible. Before everyone gets excited and wants a set, I got mine over a year ago. Evidently the company that produces them has starting making them too thick, this unsuitable for use in our motors.
I now have silicone teflon coated coolant seals that Dave at KDR says are indestructible. Before everyone gets excited and wants a set, I got mine over a year ago. Evidently the company that produces them has starting making them too thick, this unsuitable for use in our motors.
Dammit!!! I wanted those when I first heard about em. DAMMIT!!!
08-16-02, 03:43 PM
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Originally posted by vudoodoodoo
Are you serious???!!!
Dammit!!! I wanted those when I first heard about em. DAMMIT!!!
Are you serious???!!!
Dammit!!! I wanted those when I first heard about em. DAMMIT!!!
I would tell you to call him (610 614 1214) but you prolly won't have much success in getting in touch with him...he's a little busy due to the lack of quality rotary shops on the east coast
08-16-02, 05:11 PM
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nobody seems to know much about Rotorsports Racing here in Charlotte, but I have heard great things about them
http://www.rotorsportsracing.com./
http://www.rotorsportsracing.com./
08-16-02, 05:35 PM
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Rotorsportsracing is the shop that is building me a new engine. I have delt with them before and I really like them. They always do what they say they are going to do and you always get what you order on time.
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