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General => General Technical => Topic started by: rx mad on June 04, 2007, 07:18:14 PM

Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: rx mad on June 04, 2007, 07:18:14 PM
hi guys was talking to my mate about his fd and he was telling me his car had done 110,000 miles on a non rebuild rotary with servicing every month and its still going strong is this possible
Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: mikeyh on June 04, 2007, 07:21:50 PM
id say if you look after it(servicing)
dont always drive it like a loon
then i should`n see why they should`nt last

mines has 123km`s on the clock and i dont know when mines was rebuilt

gets oil change every 4 months regardless and a new set of plugs as well
Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: Brett on June 04, 2007, 07:44:36 PM
Sounds fine to me, providing they are looked after and get run for a decent amount of time etc then they do last :yes I\'ve seen a couple of UK FD\'s with over 100k miles, one of my FC\'s did 157,000miles before a failing omp killed it off...
Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: Martiny on June 04, 2007, 07:45:22 PM
yep it IS possible.
Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: mpk490p on June 04, 2007, 07:54:29 PM
i did 120k on a 12a before it threw a tip
Mark
Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: Ricco_04 on June 05, 2007, 08:24:46 PM
FD did 100k untill engine became hard to start, TII did over 116k with no problems - block now in bits purley as I didnt think it would not go on much longer.
Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: alexb on June 06, 2007, 10:51:51 AM
My FD has done about 75k miles and still starts fine hot or cold, getting a comp test at it\'s service today so will see how it\'s faring, had 6 bar on all chambers last time a test was done (when I got it at 48k miles).

Cheers,
Alex
Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: Mart160plus on June 06, 2007, 10:46:43 PM
Some engines are bound to be better than others though.

Got mine at 26k and it\'s now over 40k, OK I change the oil pretty regularly but it has never used one drop, ever.
Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: rx mad on June 14, 2007, 08:12:49 PM
thats funny the engines design is to use oil im sure
Title: long lasting rotary
Post by: Mart160plus on June 14, 2007, 09:49:54 PM
My thoughts exactly :2Confused