Looking at an FC Cab this week!! Advice?

[pdtaylor18]

Think you did the right thing there, let me know if you are still interested in mine as i will be getting a few things done to it and then i will advertise it. If you need more pics then let me know.

[uncle silvia]

Think you did the right thing there, let me know if you are still interested in mine as i will be getting a few things done to it and then i will advertise it. If you need more pics then let me know.

Yea i feel like i did!!

Shame really as the engine and the rest of the car seemed ok! Well "seemed" anyway!?!?
I didnt even bother looking through the history and doing the compression check!
Well at least i can say Ive driven one and i liked it LOL

To be really honest i think you will be wanting more for your car than ill be paying as its so nice! Thanks anyway! :mmmm

[uncle silvia]

This one looks interesting........... any thoughts??

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56049

Ive spoken to the owner and i should be viewing it this week!!

[Brett]

Could be a good bet - the fluids will all need to be changed etc, budget for a new set of tyres as well.  Other than that it should be a good \'un

[Prof]

If it\'s as good in the flesh as it is in the photos, then you\'ve got excellent body work and leather there - Pete has a roof - this is well worth repairing - otherwise water will get in where it shouldn\'t, and your investment waisted.
 
All depends on the engine - but sounds promising.

[uncle silvia]

Cool!!

Well i had a nice long chat with the owner and hes been very honest as far as I can tell!! Even called me back so i could hear the car running over the phone!!

Ill keep you posted when Ive seen the car :yes

[Mobilemick]

Before you view anything else.  look at pdtaylors car,  now that is a very nce car, dont think anything u view will be to that standard.

Mick

[uncle silvia]

Before you view anything else.  look at pdtaylors car,  now that is a very nce car, dont think anything u view will be to that standard.

Mick

But hes gonna want lots more than £2000 for it isnt he!! :yes

Ive got a thing for these cars in black too!! :rolleyes:

[uncle silvia]

Bugger, Ive spoken to the owner again and he has told me that the car has started to smoke a little!! :2Confused

The car was fine this morning when i first spoke to him and he had it running no problems, Then he started it up this afternoon and on idle its fine but when you rev it on boost when its warm it puffs out a bit of bluey/black smoke out the back!! Im not sure how much as its just what he told me?!?!

Hes currently looking into the problem!

He has mentioned that it has a chip fitted that raises the fueling to suit slightly higher boost and the exhaust and filter, however the boost is turned right down at the moment on the HKS boost controller so could it possably be over-fueling caused by the chip??

If not it could be the turbo seals or something more terminal?

Help!!!! :2Confused:2Confused:2Confused:2Confused:2Confused:2Confused

[uncle silvia]

Ive been reading a few threads on here and it seems that if a car is running on a base map with an uprated chip it overfuels and comes out the back as black/blue smoke??

Is there any way to tell if its this or something more scary?

He does have the standard chip to which can just plug into the ECU carrier to replace the uprated one! Maybe worth swapping this over to see if it stops over fueling???

Please help as im supposed to be viewing this car today and its a long trip lol

[grinder]

it could just be burning the oil out the turbo - you might need to take it for a reasonable long drive - but that might not be possible

and i suppose it depends on how much smoke there is

[uncle silvia]

I guess if the turbo hasnt been used lots (i.e. no boost on idle) then the oil could seep into it! Then when he hit boost it blew it out the back!?!?!?!

Im guessing this should go away after a while??

[Prof]

Is the smoke when you are on boost and revving it or when you let off ?

[uncle silvia]

When reving I believe!!!

Im still looking at this car today so ill be able to tell u more later!!

P.s. is there any chance one of u clever guys can PM me your moblie number should i need any advice in the field?? Wouls be a great help to speak to someone in the know when with the car.

[Prof]

Black smoke - particularly on revving is normally a rich condition - and indicates unburnt fuel.  If the engine rev\'s smoothly and doesn\'t sound like it\'s got a misfire - then it could just be running very rich.
 
The blue smoke is oil of course - but rotaries do burn oil.  It may be worth getting one of the lower spark plugs out and just having a look at it - if it looks wet or sooted up then it\'s been flooded or has an injector leak.  If it\'s oily then far too much oil is in the chambers - that could be coming from a problem with oil injectors / oil metering pump or from the crank case emssions getting fed back into either the intake or the throttle body.  Without taking all that lot off and having a look around for oil contamination it\'s going to be difficult to see.
 
Any car sat for long periods is going to smoke for a good 5 minutes or more.  After my alternator failed on Saturday, my car smoked badly for the first 5 mins just because of the oil injected without proper combustion taking place - as Grinder said - you may just need to give this car a long run with some good revving to \'clear it out\' so to speak.
 
As for PM\'s - you\'re signed up as a guest so I can\'t PM you - but if you provide your email addy I can provide said detais - don\'t really want to post it up on the open forum