The car started perfectly everytyhink working, then while i was driving everythink just cutoff inc breakes .
Now car starts but Makes TRacktor sound ... There is no oil or water lickted to anywhere
Please help me out advanced rx 7 owners...
Thanks
My understanding was Whifbitz said everthing is fine?!
Aren\'t u currently trying to sell it?
It does sound as if its only firing on one rotor, if it sounds like a tractor..
yeah sounds like one of the rotors gone dude
Sounds like it\'s running on one rotor. What was the exact sequence of events when it all went wrong? Was it under boost, did it make any funny noises etc?
Lol. Beaten to it!
I was going to swap with wrx it was all working till we done test drive suddenly it happend..
Whifbitz checkte the car day before - and car was good.. one day later the car is making tracktor sound
First gear KICKTED superb then second gear suddenly all power cut, NO BREAKES and NO SPEED.
CAR JUST STOPPED
yesterday i drive back from whifbits to home and it was driving amazine perfect
Afraid it sounds as if the car needs a rebuild.
I wouldn\'t start throwing around accusations about a trader/specialist tbh, as they know they\'re stuff and have a good reputaion to uphold, so I doubt very much they would \'sabotage\' your car....
thats very true what you say, i shouldnt blame them, but it appears to be odd..
been told the car is okey, then next day i drive and pushed a bit then this happen .
from reading previous threads, and for sale ads on ebay and Pistonheads, it seems as if your car has \'not really played ball\' for a while now? Even the vids on youtube, car doesn\'t sound too healthy either..
and all these were well before Whifbitz looked at the car...
Could be as simple as one of the plugs isn\'t sealing properly, and then you\'ll get lack of compression. Would make sense as the plugs get pulled to do a comp test. Pull them out, check the holes for fragments or carbon, and check the washers on the plugs. refit them, and try again.
Doesn\'t mean anything. Likelihood is a tip has cracked/chipped/broken. You\'ll miss no water or oil under those circumstances.
The video you posted on youtube. It looks like your racing the car from cold. Not good on any car let alone this car.
The spark plugs were loose. i clean them and pluggded back in, then tryed to start the engine but it didnt start and now battery is dead. I really start hating rotary engines
:(...
so much problem if you dont know about cars.
I wanna sell this car - for cheap if you interesting PM me.
This car is no good to me - i dont know nathing about RX7 or rotarty, if you are mechanic or Rx Lover .. Let me know
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you can\'t recieve PM\'s mate cos your not a fully paid member!
If you wanna sell it cheap then email me lum90@blueyonder.co.uk & i\'ll take it off your hands if the price is right!
I feel for ya bud, but I\'ve already got 2! Mine has been a complete hightmare, but it\'s a good feeling when it all comes together. You\'ll probably need to de-flood her. There are instructions in the stickies section I think, but shout of you need any further help.
My advice is to put the battery on charge overnight, grab a few beers, and come back to it tomorrow with a fresh head. If the plugs were loose then there\'s probably nothing seriously wrong with her :D There are loads of people here to help, so don\'t loose heart just yet! Let us know how it goes dude.
It sounds like you are left with two options:-
1) Pay for a diagnosis at a Rotary specialist.
2) Be prepared to take a big hit on its value and sell it as a non-runner.
ED,
Which area of London are you in? It may be that I can pop over one evening next week and take a look for you, at least get you pointed in the right direction.
yep if the plugs were very loose then you didnt have any compression and like Ian says you have now probably flooded the engine.
Take the plugs out overnight , dry them, put the battery on charge and try tomorrow
Brett, He\'s in Enfield, not too far from me.. If you do pop over give me a shout, I\'d be interested in seeing it too prob.
Ed, how cheap we talking.
Email me on alextulloh (AT) hotmail.co.uk
That\'s a bit far for me - zone 3 is as far as I like to go!
Yep i am from edmonton near enfield, i cant effort nomore to take it specialist its very expencive- powerhouse 80 pound to start and wifbitz 50 per hour,
i just wanna get this car out from my hands..
May be engine not blown and its some little problem that i dont know, i am goin to try spark plugs and and start the car again.
may its gone in to Limp mode
but what would make car sound like tracktor, when i take it off from gas the car stops .
and when i was driving why would everythin cutout - even the breakes wasnt working - what if i was on 90MPH i could of have big accident
Thank God didnt happen
another my though is
may be miss firing or commpression problem,,,
and also thank you everyone helping me you all very kind
Good luck with the car, just hope it is the spark plug. It is possible :) and make sure to de flood it.
just dont give up on the car so quickly they are wonderfull when running :mmmm
Thank you leon. I\' m hopping the problem is from spark plugs. I am goin to do my best to put the baby lambo UK Speck on road again.
:(
Thanks for your reply
If the engine cut out you would lose the brake servo and it would feel like you had no brakes.
...but you would still have brakes. But would have to put a lot of force into them.
Ed, Did you not have a compression test done recently?
Ed, I\'m sure it\'s just going to be because the plugs are loose. No engine works well with loose plugs, rotary or piston. The tractor effect will be rough running because the air in the chambers is leaking out round the loose plugs, and she won\'t fire properly then.
I\'ve driven an FD being towed, so I know what it\'s like without the brake assitance from the engine. You need to be He-Man to get the damn thing to stop - it\'s worse than my land rover with no assistance and drum brakes. I\'m not kidding, either!
Ed,
drop me an email Lsun69@aol.com
I dont mind coming over from Harrow to have a look at it
Just as an aside about the breaks, shouldn\'t the servo hold a vacuum for at least 1 more application of the breaks? Or maybe a couple?
Quote from: RemarkLimaJust as an aside about the breaks, shouldn\'t the servo hold a vacuum for at least 1 more application of the breaks? Or maybe a couple?
Good point. There is a one-way valve that\'s supposed to hold it. I don\'t remember it helping that much though...
Quote from: JitEd,
drop me an email Lsun69@aol.com (Lsun69@aol.com)
I dont mind coming over from Harrow to have a look at it
hey bud if you get your hands on this one i might have the bonnet of you good luck with the "sexy lambo turbo" ;)
Thanks ianelval for the info, so now i know whats making the tracktor sound..
I am trying my best to solve the problem . I hope i ll get the car running again today...
Thanks everyone ..
Do tell us how you got on bud.
Be interested to know.
Hope it is an easy fix mind.
Everytime i take the spark plugs off and put back on to test if the car is gonna work - but the plugs they were getting wet highly ..
I think its flooded badly
and i dont know how to un-flooded
I take plugs 4 times and clean and put back on but nope didnt work
NOW BATTERY IS DEAD
i dont know what else i can do for this baby
If anyone willing to have this sweetie let me know - thanks
To unflood remove the plugs and fuel pump relay. Crank the car over to get as much fuel as possible out of the rotors this will make a mess of your engine bay, refit the relay. Put the battery on charge and walk away until the morning. In the mean time dry the plugs a blow torch gas ring etc will assist, or better yet get a new set. In the morning put a little ATF (power steering) oil in each rotor housing turn the car over by hand a third of a turn add a little more turn once more a third of a turn and repeat with the oil. Refit the plugs and if possible use a set of jump leads in addition to the fully charged battery for starting power. When it starts you will get clouds of smoke and crap out of the tail pipes dont worry about this just keep it running until it all gets up to temp and clears up.
Kevin
Thank you for info and advice kevin , i am going to try what you said, i hope i gettit running ..
thanks again
Quote from: EDZAIRX7I was going to swap with wrx it was all working till we done test drive suddenly it happend..
Whifbitz checkte the car day before - and car was good.. one day later the car is making tracktor sound
First gear KICKTED superb then second gear suddenly all power cut, NO BREAKES and NO SPEED.
CAR JUST STOPPED
yesterday i drive back from whifbits to home and it was driving amazine perfect
I think you should be very careful with your words here mate. We didn\'t say the car was fine at all, the complete opposite, we refused to work on it as the car was in such a mess and you didn\'t want to spend that sort of money getting it all up to scratch, needed a lot of work to put right. We hardly touched the car, just filled it up with coolant as it was driven here completely empty and overheating badly, as everyone knows, rotary\'s do not like getting hot.....
Regards
Paul
Quote from: kev-yorksTo unflood remove the plugs and fuel pump relay.
Kevin
Removing the fuel pump relay will NOT stop the fuel pumping on an FD.