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Old 11-07-05, 08:19 PM
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Unhappy engine trouble! help!

hey i have a 93 rx7 a i know rx7's have a problem with overheating, but now my add coolant light never shuts off, i cant drive it anymore because smoke just poors out of the exhaust, i think its a blown head gasket, the smoke smells like antifreeze maybe its burning, i dont know too much about 7's so someone please give me some advice thanks
Old 11-07-05, 08:33 PM
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i got it !!..sorry buddy you just entered the rebuild zone..by the way there are no valves,cams.lifters springs,rings or pistons in the engine..the first thing that you should do is know what the heck is under your hood ..this is no revvy, piston beatin, rice makin,honda ***** ..this son is a ROTARY engine ..can you say WANKEL..?i am not beatin on ya ..jut informing ..you asked..and under the circumstance you may want to search the internet under Rotary engine..Wankel..RX7..and the like ..before you spend money on a head gasket!..or get takin to the cleaners..oh smells like antifreeze..coolant seal
Old 11-07-05, 09:12 PM
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The symptoms are identical to that of a blown headgasket that would be on a piston engine. There's two po ssibilities -- a coolant seal as Misterstyx69 suggested or a warped rotor housing.

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