Rebuild o\'clock

[BinoX]

Wow, that\'s a lot of engines!
 
Glad to see you haven\'t lost faith in the rotary though Hopefully this rebuild will keep you going for at least 60k

[m4drx]

dude i cant remeber how many times ive heard you say an engine has gone and you are getting it rebiult. fair play for sticking with it all!!

[Prof]

I guess it\'s because I run it as a daily driver - it\'s not a young car - like an RX8 - so to be fair it\'s done some good mileage as a car.  It\'s just a shame that a couple of the engine\'s have let go in the way they have - sort of gradually and for silly reasons.
 
It would be interesting to know how many miles people get out of a 300-350 bhp engine on an FC

[Brett]

That\'s crap news! Is it actually loosing water unto the housings yet?

[Prof]

That\'s crap news! Is it actually loosing water unto the housings yet?

It\'s hard to tell - it doesn\'t \'smoke\' much, but you can see the pressure build up in the rad very quickly.  It\'s also taking a 1/3 of pint of water to top the radiator up each time.  Now that I\'ve fixed the rad leak - I can\'t see where that water is coming out from - which ominously means it may not be.
 
Comubstion gases are a lot smaller than water, so I am guessing the \'leak\' is only small at the moment, but the car won\'t hold idle at all.  I\'ve done all the usual checks - fuel ok, spark ok (new plugs too), AFM connected, no vac leaks.
 
It also feels rough - like it doesn\'t want to be firing, which suggests something is quenchiing the spark in the chambers