I've been wanting to get a rotary, and I just found a 89 TII for a sale

the car is in good condition except that it's not running.

here are some descriptions owner postedbasically saying the same thing)

“doesnt wanna completely full start up.sounds like it wants to start and all. but doesnt catch over”

t”he car wants to start but doesnt completely catch over.just boggs out”

“started not to long ago then bogg'd out. It wants to crank up and start but doesnt catch over for a complete start”

so the starting is the problem.

what could the problem be? flooding? what else can it be?

I know nothing about rotary so i need your opinion!!

take guesses!!

the price is around $1800, is it a good buy?

or will i be wasting time and money and never get it running?


thank you in advance

 

sorry for double posting, first timer

 

Hi

be carefull, Thats the same prise i got my 1987 t2 rx7 for and i have had to put dobble what i payed for the car back into it just it get it going and i still am having problams with it. What you need to do (very important) get a compression gauges and test the engine if you dont get any compression you are going to have to do a complete rebiuld or go find another engine thats what i did and there not cheap. and it would be a wast of your time unless you realy like rx-7's and want to make a project of it. Also look and see how many miles are on the car if it has a lot of miles you are proably going to have to rebiuld the engine soon anyway.

 

thanks chris,
I will go do the compression check first.
i think the engine and body both had 85k....that's alot, right? for rotary

 

It depends on how it was maintained. If it was neglected, yea, the engine is probably toast or nearly toast. If it was well maintained, it likely still has 30-40k miles left in it, at least.

There are people with over 200k miles on a rotary. Not turbos, usually, but a well maintained rotary is very reliable (and arguably more so, since even after most catastrophic failures, they'll usually run on one rotor well enough to get the car around for a while).

Also, I'd caution against purchasing a non-functioning '7 as your first '7. For that price, you could get a NA 2nd gen in pretty good condition. They're addictive cars (I'd love a turbo '7), but they can be somewhat frustrating to work on, especially if they have been neglected. Expect to put a lot of money into one replacing things that just weren't done - shocks, brakes, springs, etc. Once all the 16 year old stuff has been replaced, they're great cars.

Are you planning to do all the work yourself, or have someone else do it? If you're doing it yourself, great. If you don't know how to work on a car, now is a great time to learn. Cars are dirt cheap to keep around if you work on them yourself.

-=Russ=-

 

yeah they are dirt cheap if you do everythong yourself, but as you start adding everything up they get expensive. Thats a little much for a non runing TII. If you do the compression check and it turns out that the engine is good make sure that the engine has never overheated. If thats the case then youve got a good deal if you know how to work on cars and are willing to learn.

 

Run, do not walk, away if you're looking for anything other than a parts car. Trashed engine, half of the interior is gone, about $400 in past due DMV fees.

Run very fast................

 

You have to ask yourself ...Do you know whats wrong with it???Can you fix it??? If the anwers is no...then dont buy it, you will end up paying someone more money to fix it then it would have cost you to buy a nice running one in the first place. There are a lot of nice cars on here for sale for a fraction of the price. A "real" shop will charge you 4-5 grand to put a motor in that thing and get it going as long as they dont find any other problems with anything else.

P.S. 80k miles is not a lot of miles for a rotary