Popped Apex Seal
07-06-10, 12:47 PM
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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 ****
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.
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 ****
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.
07-06-10, 03:07 PM
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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.
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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.
07-08-10, 12:42 PM
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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?
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?
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