Hi Guys,

I have a 1993 touring FD and I recently had a small oil leak traced by dye. It looks like I have oil coming out of a couple spark plugs and a bit around the oil filter.

The mechanic wasn't very familiar with rotaries so could only spot the sources.

I have a little of 70K miles on the stock engine. Does this sound like the beginning of the end for my baby's rotary?

The nearest rotary specialist is far away so I thought I would seek some more info here first.

Thanks!
Gary

 

If it is the rear rotor plug area then it is most likely the oil Pedestal O rings that seat the pedestal to the engine.
There are 2 O-rings in between that part.

 

Damn Styx I think he gets it

But I agree with Styx. That usually is the culprit. I had that issue on my last 7

 

sorry..cleaned the thread up.,.my laptop got stuck on stupid..!kept posting...

 

yup definitely. Oil filter pedestal o rings. My first FB bought at 20k miles had this problem. Changed it and it was brand new!