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little plastic tank on pass side firewall?

Old 11-13-13, 12:12 PM
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little plastic tank on pass side firewall?

Year: 87
model: Turbo II
Specifics: 5lug & 5spd


there is a little plastic tank that looks like a washer fluid tank on the passenger side of the firewall. when looking through the parts microfiche, its listed as a "starting fluid" tank. what function is that and what goes in there?
Old 11-13-13, 05:40 PM
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different gen but same pile of manure.
Here ya go:https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generati...stions-937764/
It's not necessary to have that part on.Coolant is used as a Starting fluid.(seriously)
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It is a coolant/antifreeze reservoir that has nothing to do with the engine/radiator.

Mazda designed this system for extremely cold starts (subzero temps) it pumps a small amount of antifreeze in the intake, it was mainly useful in carbureted RX-7. These things fail often so I removed the line going to the intake and capped it off. Not too important but it's there for a reason. I live in Colorado and it gets cold but never had problems w/ out it.
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