Popped Apex Seal
 

drove home from the valley and heard a pop down shifting from 4th to 3rd.
thought it was back fire but car started bogging and eventually died on my driveway.
Limped it up my driveway and checked compression next morning.


cold bump test for front rotor

90-90-90

cold bump test for rear rotor

30-30-90

90% of me says apex seals took a shit

10% of me says apex seals are stuck because i havnt been driving it for a long time.

i bought some zoom power engine cleaner and will use some of that b4 registering for non op.

anyways to make a sad story sweet.
I now will have time to finish my school and possibly graduate with honors, get a high paying jahb and rebuild her stronger then she ever was b4. And next time i'll research how to properly break in a rotory motor. :)

graduating with honors =/= high paying job

graduating with experience & connections = high paying job

honors + experience & connections = even better

o yea... for the record....... remans blow!

awww man,.,.. sorry to hear that.... but take your time and youll be happy again :)

couldnt agree with you more:icon_tup:

http://www2.tech.purdue.edu/cg/cours...s_of_power.htm


sorry to hear about your car man.
very true, seems only good things about remans are the housings lol.


good luck, hopefully everything works out for the best.

thanks guys, ill see you on the other side :wave:

yep :icon_tup:

and that sucks, steven….. Yeah see you on the other side:nod:

graduating PCC = $$$

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

^damn right :)

just unloaded a full can of zoom power engine cleaner + 1 quart of MMO. now im just waiting to see if my apex seals can sprout some new leaves.

she's dun like kevin garnett =(

damn that sucks. changed your name eh?

:AA:

yea man, and i wish swapping out apex seals were as easy as swapping out head gaskets.

start saving up for a housing and rotor, and apex seals, and oring kit...

lucky 7 guru states that it is doubtfully a break in problem. Could the possible cause of breakage be oil starvation?

My car was running pig rich b4 is pooped. Could the large amount of extra fuel displace the oil from the inside walls to cause enough friction for the seals to break?

It happens in pistonized cars when an engine runs too rich and piston rings break. All because gasoline is much thinner then oil and actually seeps in between the small gaps of the moving metal parts and pushes the oil away from the cylinder walls.

Gag me if im wrong, but could it be true?

Sorry about your car....but good job on the honors thing.....I know that's hard....good luck!