Okay, I'm starting to get the hang of this rotory/carb thing. I am still figuring out different parts of the engine, though.

My question...
What is the extra antifreeze resivior for that is mounted on the firewall? It's the one that says to add 90% subzero fluid (I think I'm going to call it that from now on...sounds cooler) and 10% water, and has some hoses coming out of it. Very small.
My hoses coming out of this resivior are so old that you can hear the "crackle" when you bend them a lot.

Any ideas on what this does?

Old Rex

 

It shoots the antifreeze into the carb while you're cranking and the engine is below freezing. It prevents the carb, intake, and engine from icing up.

 

It's usually inoperative, most people remove it, and in fact there was a Mazda TSB (for the 2nd-gens at least) that said to disable/remove it!

I left mine on... it keeps the engine bay nice and cluttered

 

A container that leads to the engine? Why, shoot-fire boys! Let's fill it with MMO!

Denny, from the 'ol corncrib....

 

On my girls 88' TII i hooked up a pressure switch and a atomizing nozle, it now serves as an Intercooler water sprayer.

 

I took mine out without using any tools, then smashed it on the ground to make myself feel better

 

I'm getting the impression that these things are useless. I went out to the garage to check mine out, and the thing has been unplugged for God knows how long. Maybe that's why my car is a little tempermental on cold winter mornings. How can I check to see if the thing really works?

Would the MMO keep the carb from freezing?

 

MMO?!!!? BWAAAHAAHAAAHAA!!! i swear, denny, if i didnt know mmo worked so good, i'd swear you worked for 'em! but how could anyone not like it? works great and its minty fresh too!

 

If I didn't know better, I'd swear he drank the stuff...

Hmmm.. *sniff sniff*

 

You mean you DON'T drink the stuff Pele? It'll lube your insides up all good and make your body run like new

Okay, that sounded funnier when I first thought it up...

But I do keep an old empty bottle or two lying around the garage to keep it smelling minty fresh, lol

 

At the Spring 2003 Entire forum meet, I'll bring a couple bottles washed out and filled with juice or something, just to mess with people.

HEY!!! If it's after April, I'll be 21!



:p

 

Jeeze I didn't realize you're so young Pele. I'm 22 now, and I'll be almost 24 by then:P

As for the juice idea... I like it!

 

MMO is the mechanic's mouthwash.

WD40 is the mechanic's cologne.

Antisieze is the mechanic's toothpaste, no wait, that's the jeweler's rouge/valve grinding compound/carwax. I got it: Westley's Bleche White!

There's gotta be a list of these somewhere.

 

White Grease is the Mechanics toothpaste, and a ratchet is the toothbrush.

 

White grease is zit medication. A little dab here and there.

Coolant/anitfreeze is the mechanic's mountain dew.

Rusty anitfreeze is just watered down Yoohoo.

10W30 is the mechanic's maple syrup.

20W50 is a the mechanic's honey.

80W90 is the mechanic's mole's asses.

Slick 50 is the mechanic's enima.

ATF is the mechanic's blood transfusion.

Brake cleaner is the mechanic's Scalpicin.

A die grinder is the mechanic's nose hair trimmer. Gotta use a good bit.

Meguiers' Soft Wash Gel (pink) car wash is the mechanic's shampoo.

used motor oil is the mechanic's hair conditioner.

Liquid glove is the mechanic's body lotion.

Castrol waterless toweless hand cleaner is the mechanic's soap/hand lotion.

Fast orange is the mechanic's dish soap.

Dikes/diagonal cutters are the mechanic's nail trimmers.

Battery acid is the mechanic's ear wax remover.

Freshly cut sheet metal is the mechanic's razor blade for shaving.

Bondo is the mechanic's tooth cavity filling material.

Mechanic's wire is the mechanic's dental floss.

Exhaust donuts are the mechanic's breakfast.

Nuts are edible.

Heim joints prevent choking (if you lick them properly).

Old brake fluid is the mechanic's coffee.

Unleaded is the mechanic's apple juice/beer.

Water mixed with oil is the mechanic's (chocolate) milk.

Anybody got a good one for orange juice?

 

It is pretty sweet. WhenI check out a car, I usually smell it to see how fresh it is.

You mean molases?

Huh? Wassat?

Never used liquid Glove. What is it?

Actually, I do that regularly.

Too much info. I really don't think so.

Whats a Heim Joint?

New type coolant. Dex-Cool or whatever. It's used in a lotta GM's and comes OEM for many cars. Anyone know if it's good the the rotary or just stick with green?

 

When you check out a car, do you ever taste the oil? I've tasted it once, but my friend has developed an ability to tell if the car has penzoil in it, just from taste alone. It's more bitter than castrol.

Yeah, molases.

Brake cleaner has a tendency to clean stuff real well. I figured it would work better on the scalp than a semi popular scalp medication known as scalpicin.

Go to an auto parts store and ask if they have liquid glove.

Nuts like walnuts, lug nuts. Yum!

A heim joint is similar to a spherical rod end I think. Somebody who knows suspension will be able to answer your question.

Ah yes, Dexcool.