Rorary`s are just plain strange!
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Rorary`s are just plain strange!
Had the car in the shop working on it for about a month, hadn`t been started in all that time. Finished the bodywork today so decided to run it out, wash it and take it for a drive. Well, when I started it, it smoked quite badly, ran it out in the driveway and let it set for awhile at about 2,000 RPM to clean it out. Never did stop smoking and the more I reved it the more it smoked, definatly oil. I killed it with the fuel pump shut off and washed it. took about 30 minutes, When I restarted it there was no smoke at all, not even at startup. These things are just plain strange.
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It`s a 1987, NA, I have owned it for about 6 or 7 years, it now has 291,000 miles on the original engine. It has been wrecked 6-7 times. From hitting dogs and deer, to falling rocks. This time the wife just lost it in the rain and it kissed the guardrail a couple times. I told her if she wanted it painted she could have just told me. Anyway it`s going to be that new dark blue purple color on the new Ford Pickups and Focus`s.
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damn thats a rotary for ya. does killing the motor w/ the fuel cutoff switch hurt it? it's getting cold here in KC and i've had to use it a few times all ready, (when i don't let it warm up and don't rev it to 4k then turn it off) and i was wondering if the fuel cut switch will help me w/ it.
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Originally Posted by White87FC
291,000 miles on original engine, good job!!!
My friend Mike, who worked on rotaries for a solid 25+ years, serviced a GTU from day one that had over 300,000 miles on it. Never rebuilt it either. It kept going and going....one of those properly maintained freaks of rotary nature...lol
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Originally Posted by Alex6969
sweet. i didn't know if would put a strain on the pump and lines on account that its pulling fuel with the pump not running
I guess, If your injectors are stuck open, _theoretically_ high engine vaccum will suck a few drops of fuel out, but it doesnt strain anything
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Originally Posted by t-von
I'm surprised that the 3 piece apex seals are still holding up.
that's one of the very rare times you see apex seals "wear" out. my buddies 215k motor still had great compression, but he blew a water seal. the apex seals looked like ***, but still sealed. we were gonna recycle them for the sole purpose of finding out how long they'd actually last, but since we had a new set...we used them.
i do wonder though...
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Originally Posted by GUITARJUNKIE28
that's one of the very rare times you see apex seals "wear" out. my buddies 215k motor still had great compression, but he blew a water seal. the apex seals looked like ***, but still sealed. we were gonna recycle them for the sole purpose of finding out how long they'd actually last, but since we had a new set...we used them.
i do wonder though...
i do wonder though...
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Originally Posted by t-von
I'm surprised that the 3 piece apex seals are still holding up.
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It`s an 87 and it`s fuel injected. How hard does she drive it??? Well, she knows that there is a beeper when it redlines and is always telling me it still works. She may be 52 years old, but she can drive. She used to drag race. Ya, you are talking to an old guy here, 57 last I checked.
Only time it smokes like that is when it sets for a long time and that doesn`t happen much. Or after it has flooded which hasn`t happened since I put in the fuel pump switch. This time however, Whether it matters, I had the back end jacked up about two feet for about a month.
Only time it smokes like that is when it sets for a long time and that doesn`t happen much. Or after it has flooded which hasn`t happened since I put in the fuel pump switch. This time however, Whether it matters, I had the back end jacked up about two feet for about a month.
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