loss of power, help!

[666rex]

hi guys, was out cruisin last nite wen i felt a loss of power, was pushin it a bit at a 120 in forth, now it seems 2 be runnin a bit chuggish, was rebuilt 5000 miles ago, there was no smoke so im guessin it was\'nt one of the tubs, checked all fluids this morning and everthing ok, there\'s no leaks or coolant loss and it started fine, ....in myself here guys as i car\'nt afford to fix it, any help wud be seriously apprieciated, cheers.:xconfused:xconfused:xconfused

[HaywardRotary]

Has one of the intercooler boost pipes come off or even loose? Check them all carefully,also holes or splits in hoses.
Reagrds
Carl

[turbotoaster]

if you were doing 120 in fourth you were pulling 7k so maybe you have chipped a tip.
 
When its idling do the boost guage fluctuate at all?

[666rex]

boost reading as it normaly does but deffo lost power, checked all the boostpipes i can and had to tighten 2 up, still feels chuggish tho, i live in the north east shud i take it to mazda, dont no wat 2 do:reallymad:reallymad:reallymad

[turbotoaster]

i wouldnt take it mazda, most of the young lads working there have never even seen a rx7 never mind work on one.
 
You need to go to a rotary specialist, the only one up in the north that i know of is WGT, hes not cheap, but very good with solving problems.
 
There is hayward north which is actually closer now i think about it, id try them out, number is 01302 726763 and ask for steve

[666rex]

cand haywood north do compression tests also i want the map looking at, cheers.

[666rex]

does a chiped tip mean rebuild time or is it fixable:2Confused

[turbotoaster]

chipped tip is rebuild time, they can do everything i think, give them a call on monday.

[rx jamie]

saw rolley today mate. told me you tested it as i said, and got less than 3 bar accross the two rotors. sorry mate.

seems like all i ve been doing is helping people to diagnose rebuilds these days.

on the other hand im a bit of vulture so if your breaking i might have some bits off you lol

[rx jamie]

oh and will you text me rolleys mobile number please fella. forgot to get it off him.

[666rex]

yeh gutted m8, let me know wat ya want cos icarnt afford 2 fix it, shame aswell cos it supposedly had 5 grand rebuild last summa and i\'ve hardly used it, anyway cheers fa ya help jamie:reallymad:reallymad:reallymad:reallymad:reallymad:reallymad:reallymad:reallymad

[karl_tate]

what do you mean less than 3 bar across two rotors?? did you just use a normal comp tester?

[666rex]

hi karl, yeh just standard compression tester, is this not right?

cheers
nick

[davehg]

a comp tester for a piston engine will only give one value where with a rotary tester you will get a value for each face of the the rotor such as 7.1,7.3,7.2. To be honest i would expect a piston comp tester to hold at the highest value so 3 bar on each rotor is not good at all.

[karl_tate]

Hmm.. You say your boost gauge is just normal at idle? Does it sound the same or does it sound like a tractor?