Hey Smogfighter i.e. Raul;

Well I think I finally Fried it!!!

Was driving her over 140 and the Water Pump went to RX7 Heaven.

Not sure what broke, but it sure runs like ****.

Any Clues

steve

sgieldon

 

Dammit man! We're supposed to love and cherish these cars, not flog

them into submission or grenade them! NOT!!



*Serious face* sorry. Did it over heat, or did you see a lot of coolant or... ?

What happend?



Raul

 

my 83 had water pump bearings bad enough that i thought it was gonna come apart, it had like 1/2" of play at the fan



mike

 

Herro Raul;

Not sure if it overheated. Guages where in the process of being converted to manaul ones.

When it went Bye Bye I had coolant all over the Bay.

I replaced the Water Pump and Housing (Brand New) and now the Baby runs like **** and Blue Smoke.

She ran soooo sweet till I changed over the Pulley to the Racing Beat one.

I should have changed out the Water Pump at that time knowing that it would be Cavitating to much for a stock one.

**** this is a $4000 project gone to *****!!!!

Dumm Dumm & Dummer.

steve

sgieldon

 

Normally a pulley kit slows down the speed of the accessories (w/p,a/c,alt)

thereby reducing the amount of torque required to turn them.

The typical problems, when using "power pulleys", is those accessories turn

too slow at idle, causing charging and overheating issues in heavy traffic and

during extended idle times.



Do a compression check in each of the lower (leading) sparkplug holes.

Leave the upper plugs in.

Remove the schrader valve in the compression tester so it doesn't hold pressure.

Have someone crank the engine, while you watch the gauge.

You are looking for strong even bounces of the needle.

If you see BOUNCE bounce bounce, you have a bad apex seal on that rotor.

Time for a rebuild.



if it's bounce bounce bounce on one and BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE on the

other, it's time for a rebuild.



if it's BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE on one and BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE on the

other, look for fuel or ignition problems.



let us know how it goes.



Raul

 

Yo steve.Sorry to hear that.Like raul said try compression first then let us know how it goes.I need a new water pump for my T2 so I'll order one tommorow.



Luis

 

Thanks Guy's For the Info on the Compression Check.

Gonna do it Sunday and I'll let you know what the out come is.

I'm so Pissed that I did'nt want to screw with it or drive it last weekend, and I was looking forward to taking to the coast.

Oh well. The things we go threw with these Babes. Kinda like a woman. Fineeky *****!!!!!

steve