1st Day of owner ship and problems! :(

[hairyhoover]

Hi, picked up my rx7 3rd gen today from reworx and already havin problems, I drove all the way from portsmouth to leicester with now problems. Well nealy. I just got into leicester and pulled upto some traffic lights and noticed it was sounding like a V8.(Just like a 4pot engine that was missing. I have to rev above 3000rpm to get it moving smoothly otherwise it really struggles. The engine is still really smooth above 3500 rpm. Its just on idle and low revs. The rev counter does hunt it sits bang on 900rpm. The car still starts hot and cold. Any ideas?
 
cheers:xconfused

[G@NDY]

Hi mate,
If you have bought the car from reworx then i should just give them a call first thing monday morning. Im sure they will be happy to help and sort it out.
Regards Andy.

[Warthog]

Sounds like the map sensor tube has come off, 30 sec job.
Look at engine bay right hand side behind the throttle body. Look for a vacum style tube thats come free and cable tie it back on. It makes the car sound as if you had killed it.
Give me a ring on 07771882430 and I will talk you through it if you can\'t find it. HTH.

[banned advertiser]

map sensor is here

[iaint]

Sounds remarkably like it\'s running on one rotor (i.e. has lost a tip).  Mine was fine above 3k rpm.  Pulled fine, sounded normal, sounded like a rough V8 at idle.

Talk to re:worx.  Hopefully you\'ll get them on a sympathetic day!

[John Yorke]

Sounds remarkably like it\'s running on one rotor (i.e. has lost a tip).  Mine was fine above 3k rpm.  Pulled fine, sounded normal, sounded like a rough V8 at idle.

Talk to re:worx.  Hopefully you\'ll get them on a sympathetic day!

As Iain has said give the guys a call asap, if there is a local person with a bit of engine bay knowledge get them to have a look in the mean time, seeing as you purchased the car yesterday I would expect they will only be to happy to sort you out.

[hairyhoover]

Nooooo. i really nope its not a tip!! would my fuel consumption drop as well??? I didnt get much time to look today as i promised to sort my girlfriend car 1st. Ive checked the map sensor everything seems fine.
 
I take it a compression test should show it up straight the way? Is there any1 that could help with this as ive only got a normal comp tester!!
 
cheers

[RedRummy]

speak to re:worx for advice...

[rx7veilside]

syptoms of lost tip
fluttering boost gauge at idle
lumpy tickover
car shaking/vibrating
car will almost seem normal at 3000rpm just feel slightly rougher
near impossible to start when warm
give them a call as no way should u be having problems this early on in ownership

[hairyhoover]

thats the thing its dead easy to start hot or cold, its take a couple of seconds.... is this possible??

[clive]

Real sorry to hear your first day of ownership has gone bad,

Have a look here for some help compression testing as I would advise as others have that you need to test if you have lost any compression and then you can give RE Worx some info on the phone ,

 http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3813

[B9 KLF]

Sorry to hear your news and I must say that when I lost a tip after the rebuild the symptoms where the same as yours but clearly you need a compression test carried out to find out for sure.

Some Mazda garages will do the test for around £60 and they will need to have an autocheck 4000 rotary engine compression tester (or similar or use Clives method) and all segements should not be lower than 6-7 kg/sq cm and be consistent.

If you drive it to a garage keep it off boost and drive gently.

Good luck.

[iaint]

thats the thing its dead easy to start hot or cold, its take a couple of seconds.... is this possible??

Mine started hot or cold pretty much as normal.  Idle was awful and it boosted fine above 3k rpm.  Talk to Geff and get his take on the situation.

[hairyhoover]

Reworx have offered to have a look at my car and do a comp test etc. To try and work out whats up. Problem is if it is something internal, 160mile isnt gonna do it much good.. :3Confused

[iaint]

Did you buy the car from them or someone else?

If you\'ve just bought it from re:worx then it\'s up to them to make it fit for purpose.  If you bought it from some other company then you should take it up with them.

There\'s no way a car should have prolems so soon after buying it!