FD3S = almost dead! Suggestions?

[Laursdahl]

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

[m1tch]

What mileage has it done? Did you do the compression test with the engine cold or warm?

[nikp]

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

[Laursdahl]

It has done 80.000 km, and I performed the compression test when the motor was cold.

And havent been rebuild or anything..

[elford_tim]

Get a proper compression test done then, to give you an indication on how healthy the engine is or isn\'t.

[Martiny]

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