Power coming and going at high revs...

[bnaellis]

Hi Graham sorry to hear bud, atleast you have it covered under warranty if it is a rebuild. Unfortunately that\'s what it sounds like.
Have you contact any garages yet to have a look ??

rgds

Brian

[SideShowBob]

Hi Brain, ive been in touch with a few places, Rotechnics can compression test it, but I cant get to them for a bit, but when it goes for a full service next week at TW Whites in byfleet, even thou they cant compression test it, im hoping they will be able to tell me the extent of whats needed.

Finding puddles of coolant wherever I leave my car, recon the rad must be leaking, just to add to the list of problems.

Im a bit peeved, went with what was supposed to be the most reputable supplier of RX7\'s, was told engine and clutch were in excellent condition, and then before I even picked it up, the air pump and clutch had gone, now had it a week and a half and problems are just multiplying.
Its very annoying, im getting fed up with the car already, its pretty much ruining the whole experience of getting a car Ive always wanted since Ive been into performance cars.

As I feel at the moment, if I could get my money back, Id take it and wouldnt touch one again, and having built this up for so long its gutting to feel that way.

[kevint]

If you are serious about returning your car and maybe getting your money back from the vendor then I suggest you don\'t let somebody else attempt to fix the problems, maybe Whites or Rotechnics can do you a report?   Better to say nobody else has changed anything and make it the vendor\'s problem, also gives them a chance to fix the problems and uphold their reputation.

Hope the car get\'s fixed and you decide to keep it.

Kevin

[bnaellis]

Sorry to hear Graham I can imagine how you feel.
First things first is contact supplier, and tell him whats up with your car at present, and see what he says. It would seem a shame to get rid of soemthing you really wanted so soon. Who knows maybe he will take it off you and exchange it with another one for you or something ??
I suggest giving him a call.

rgds

Brian
(ps keep your head up Bud)

[t2rew]

sideshowbob
sorry to hear your feeling down about rx.
im not in your leage of a late rx but i had similar probs with my turbo 2. i bought the first one i saw mostly to do with the hks air filter fcd and big bore system. it had lowered suspension and a fancy stearing wheel. as these were things i wanted to fit i thought i had a result.

i used it twice and the callipers seized. i took the wheels of to have a look and found that 10 of the 20 nuts were wrong and had damaged the studs. i changed the engine mounts too bottom line £400 just to use car twice.

3000 miles later engine go boooommm. car off road

i bought another car for spares with a few probs of its own. got it going and am useing it now. this car is 13 14 years old but driving it is great. it was great fun on a track day and i really love driving it, so much so that i kick myself for not getting one when i wanted it and keeping it as good as i could instead of buying old neglected ones. i would take the advice of the others and get the supplyer to have a look first and claim what you can to get it fixed.

once the car is sorted i would say it will be the best car youll ever buy. if it does get rebuilt then you will have many miles of fun fun fun

good luck

[mmilner]

A puddle under the car doesn\'t necessarily mean the rad. It could be top or bottom hose or water pump. (A friend at work with an oldish BMW has now got a similar problem!)

When I bought my FC (1989, with the faulty water seals) I had the same leaking coolant symptom and buzzer going off.

I quickly found the top hose had burst because of the extra pressure. (Faulty water seals can mean engine compression leaking into the water system and breaking things.) New hose sorted the leak, but not the other problems, therefore the rebuild.

Now done over 40,000 miles without a single problem. (Althought, my water pump has now started leaking slightly, but it is 14 years old!)

The last RX I bought had a slipping clutch and I didn\'t notice it until I started driving it normally after buying it. But that can happen with any car.

The air pump is normally very reliable. (At least I\'ve never had a problem and I\'ve had 3 RX7\'s.)

I have to say though that I don\'t trust any garages and would have got the car checked over by a rotary specialist before buying it. (Sorry, doesn\'t help you much I know.)

I\'d also have to agree that if you can  get the probs sorted then you\'ll really enjoy driving it...

Martin.

[SideShowBob]

Had a night to relax about it all, little more positive now, and its good to hear success stories after faults have been fixed, I was just getting fed up with it yesterday, a nice (althou lowish rev ) sunny drive into work today has made me remember why I wanted this car, and do want to keep it.

If it needs a rebuild, Im going to overemphasise that along with a *little* extra power, I want reliability as the top priority.

Only a week to go till a full service, and will ask them to check out the rad and pipes, wouldnt mind a cost effective but better aftermarket one, as ive heard these are a weak point anyway.

All willl be revieled then, and until then going to take it reasonably easy, and enjoy the poser side of the car, rather than the performance side, lol, time to get some drum and base cd\'s me thinks, er, or not.

[mmilner]

Originally posted by SideShowBob
wouldnt mind a cost effective but better aftermarket one, as ive heard these are a weak point anyway.

I wouldn\'t mind a new rad either as mines a little gunked up. Unfortunately, Mazda have quoted me £299 + vat.  so a cheaper aftermarket one would be great. Let me know if you find a supplier of one.

Cheers,
Martin.
(PS: Can\'t agree enough about reliability, I rely on mine to get to work every day like you.)

[SideShowBob]

Was that including fitting Martin?
I have read about direct replacement ones, that use the same fans etc, and are twice the thickness of the stock item, and they fit straight in.

Ill be finding out some costs next week after I know how my car is, and ill let you know.

[mmilner]

Originally posted by SideShowBob
Was that including fitting Martin?
I have read about direct replacement ones, that use the same fans etc, and are twice the thickness of the stock item, and they fit straight in.

Ill be finding out some costs next week after I know how my car is, and ill let you know.

Great.  

No, that price was just for the rad.

Martin.

[streetdragster]

Any updates on this?? Did you manage to sort the pulling problem?

Thanks

Matt

[Andreas]

anyone knows the outcome of this?
i have the exact same problem since a rebuild (only ~3000 km after rebuild done now)
allready pm\'ed him but untill now no response so ireally hope somebody other than him knows something
furthermore: he stated there\'s a cloud of smoke @ startup but i\'m wondering if it\'s white or blue

[J4P RX]

Wow this is an old one.

This car needed a rebuild.  After that it was sold to me, and since that time has run with 100% reliabilty (apart from a broken door handle).

If you have a problem just 3000km after a rebuild I think you should contact the people who did the work in the first instance.

Lee

[Andreas]

Originally posted by J4P RX
Wow this is an old one.

This car needed a rebuild.  After that it was sold to me, and since that time has run with 100% reliabilty (apart from a broken door handle).

If you have a problem just 3000km after a rebuild I think you should contact the people who did the work in the first instance.

Lee

sorry for asking but are you 100% sure?
your reply is really really bitter to me

why?
i bought the engine here in the Netherlands and i was told that the engine was rebuild.
from day ONE excessive oilsmoke from start and EXACTLY the symtoms as stated by the threadstarter

well, after breaking in and going back 4 or 5 times to the garage because of this problem i was told:
- the turbo\'s are faulty that\'s why it spits so much blue smoke
- the lumpy idle should still be looked after
- the enigne has 9 bar on each chamber

after 5 visits i got sick of the story and did a compression test somewhere else    and guess what?
6.8 bar on 1st rotorhousing and a 8+ on the rear. so where is the 9 on both!

so i returned the car, it was there 6 (six not a typo) months for a rebuild.

and guess what, now again problems? this looks like another rebuild???
oh man, i\'m going to have the compression checked and sorry for shouting BUT OH BOY _I_F_ THE ENGINE IS BAD ... I\' M GONNA EXPLODE

sorry for this respone but i feel sick now and had to ventilate. hope this is NOT the case

[J4P RX]

sorry for asking but are you 100% sure?

Well im sure I own the car, im sure it has had a rebuild and im sure it has had no problems since.  

I cant help with what was wrong with it, because I didnt own it at that time and im not great mechanically.

Lee