I just ordered the 13B rebuild tape.
I might try to tackle it myself.

 

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

 

It runs. I'm still driving it. It gives me no problems when I drive it. It runs strong too.

 

Yeah right, I wish! I poor man. I gotta save up for the rebuild. Not enough money for street port. Just gonna get some silicon hoses, radiator, AST and a vented hood if I have enough money. Be a nice winter project.

 

What's this CRC stuff and what does it do??

 

Can I get this stop leak stuff at AutoZone?

 

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.

Thanks
Chris


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?

 

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.

 

Hey everyone that has had their coolant seals go out, what was your first symptom?

 

Having to add over a quart of coolant to the rad fill neck, coupled with hard starting. Then coolant puddles underneath the passenger side (from the overflow) after I had driven the car. Then insane amounts of white smoke at startup.

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.

 

Rich, just wanted to know where you heard that. Also I think a switch to evan would help as well.

 

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?

 

Let me guess this straight now cuz I'm not completly convinced from your last 200 posts about this. Rikki, are you saying that PFS ports good motors???

 

None other than Mr. David "The Master of The Indestrucible Apex Seal" Barninger himself

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

 

You better knock on wood.

 

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

 

The address is 7 Franklin St. It's right behind the Hess gas station. Hmm... give me a call. I might head up there w/ ya just for the hell of it. (617) 407-0901.
I hope the weather permits though. My car hates the heat. It's been ****** hot and humid all week!!!

 

low blow!

 

Do tell.........

 

You have some sick and twisted fantasies. Next time you come back to NJ I'm gonna make you cry like the little sissy Army Boy you are!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nathan Kwok
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Are you serious???!!!
Dammit!!! I wanted those when I first heard about em. DAMMIT!!!

 

Well, shoot 'ol Dave-o an email (kdrotary@enter.net) and ask him about them....I know he was trying to get another batch made up.

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

 

nobody seems to know much about Rotorsports Racing here in Charlotte, but I have heard great things about them

http://www.rotorsportsracing.com./

 

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.

Chris