Posting this for a friend.
Hey all!
Yesterday I bought a RX-7 3rd generation, here in Denmark.
On my way home after driving \'bout 100 km, on the Highway, i shifted to fifth gear and suddenly there were no throttle respons.
The rews fell down at a point, where the car hardly could stay ignited.
(I don\'t know if I could compare it, to a normal 4 cylinder car, where it only runs on 3 of them.)
Now I have got the car toved back to my own garage, and it still can be fired up.
But the engine runs very ****ty, and dies out, if I dont keep alive with a little gas.
The engine is allmost standart, and have only got a Blitz exhaust system fitted, and some open filters.
I have chekked the Boost sensor, the vacuum line and the wiring.
And everything about it seems okay.
Next I performed a "poorman\'s" compression test.
And again, it seemed to work as the compression test guide suggested.
I chekked the plugs, afterwards, and they all had sparks.
Right now I\'m very confused, and don\'t know what to do.
Any suggestions or input?
Regards!
Christian
What mileage has it done? Did you do the compression test with the engine cold or warm?
Even when they\'ve thrown a tip they should drive relatively ok at higher revs. Mines was hard to start and i needed to rev her to keep her idling. Yours sounds a bit like a thrown tip, but if you could identify each \'woosh\' on the poor mans compression at regular intervals, then it should be ok. Unable to help past that though
It has done 80.000 km, and I performed the compression test when the motor was cold.
And havent been rebuild or anything..
Get a proper compression test done then, to give you an indication on how healthy the engine is or isn\'t.
Can you post the results of the compression test?
Something like this:
Front Rotor: 6.5; 6.6; 6.5
Rear Rotor : 6.7; 6.7; 6.6