what does this sound like to you?

the car is gutless, and is hard to take off unless at 4k or above..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD5kHv-_Ho0


i know, bad video and theres not much to go by, but i was told it was a blown rear seal.

 

Sounds like you lost a seal to me do a compression test.

 

Yea do a compresion test on it, its most likely is a seal

 

Yep. It's down a rotor for sure. Hope for a fouled plug or something. A compression test will confirm the worst case senario though.

 

yeah, its got new plugs and its got spark, only other thing i can think of is a leaky injector but i doubt tahts it. Bad seal im sure, wish i had a mazda comp tester

 

You can do a good enough job with a standard $25 compression tester. Just take out the insides of the schrader valve and look for 3 even pulses when cranking the motor. If you lost a seal it will be very obvious watching the gauge bounce.

 

ohhhhh... learn something everyday. and i deff have one of those laying around

thanks for the help guys