ipeeonpistons

i just bought a 91 rx-7 non turbo and for some reason sometimes i just start the car up and it heavely smokes and i can tell is oil burning and i dont see what the problem could be, my turbo II used to smoke because of bad seals in the turbo but i dont see why the non turbo smokes like that i mean is just crazy the way it smokes ,, and whats really crazy is that sometimes dont even smoke at all , only 1 time out of 10 im lost on this one please help!!

fd0

iTrader: (8)

It's still a rotary engine. There's a possiblity that your oil rings are shot in your engine and are allowing oil to bypass and making your car smoke. Mine's doing that right now. You have to open the engine up to replace just those rings but you end up replacing more parts because it's a pain in the butt to get to them so you might as well take care of other things.

Do some more searches in the 2nd gen section and search for "smoking"

Good luck!

ipeeonpistons

but if my oil rings were shot , shouldnt the car smoke all the time , i mean it would smoke 1 out of 10 times and if i take the car down the road , the smoking quits in less than 2 minutes

Marcus_F

It sounds exactly like the oil control rings. In the initial stages, it won't always smoke. Given enough time it, will start smoking at each cold start. This isn't a guess, I'm speaking from experience. I'd start saving for a future rebuild (that rebuild may be years away), and ignore it.

ipeeonpistons

well i guess the good thing about it is that rotary engine love burning oil , i dont think this problem could harm my engine im just gonna sell the car and focus on my turbo II thanks

ipeeonpistons

well guys since this car has internal engine problems im just gonna get rid of it asap you are welcome to send me an email for more information at carlitos48@hotmail.com and im gonna include here a link to some pictures of the vehicle, the car is a 1991 rx-7 of course , white , with the black turboII hood , has katana racing wheels 17" 255/45/zr17 in the back and 225/35/zr17 in the front , it has turbo II seats, it has indiglo gauges , cold air intake, (not shown in the pic ) and i just put a brand new mp3 player cd radio receiver , kenwood z828 really nice unit im thinking of 2k cash or best offer since i got my fd in need of a new housing anything u see in the pics is what u get im in the dallas forth worth area and the car can be driven anywhere it would drink more oil than normally but not alot more please let me know i need to sell this car asap so make offers the pic are @ http://ebay.carad.com/viewItem/viewA...55&template=48

ipeeonpistons

like i said everything u see in the pics come with the car even my lexar media jumpdrive lol 256mb is quite alot memory , radar, everything in the car

fd0

iTrader: (8)

I wouldn't mind working on the engine of an FC however I'm still working my FD....

Maybe one day I'll get one.

Good luck with your sell!