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Old 02-01-10, 09:24 PM
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I have a 1986 Mazda rx7 2nd gen umm how would i know if i need a rebuild someone told me i needed one but it seems fine
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maybe give us some symptoms of what it's doing?
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it dosent have any symptoms lol im just wondering give me some symptons examples lol
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Low compression, over heating, burning excess oil, burning coolant, hard starting, etc can all be signs that the engine needs rebuilding, but can also be caused by other issues, with exception to Low compression.
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ok thx im going to go do a compression test see what happens
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yee.. compression test should tell u.... and if its blowin tons of smoke..white black whatever...
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sweet compression tests came out good time to put it up for sale or trades lol thxs everyone
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