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04-04-2003, 02:37 PM

indyaj10

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I was just told by my mechanic that I have an oil leak from a gasket that separates the rotary engine in half and that it is a mjor repair. Any ideas?

04-04-2003, 03:51 PM

pengaru

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got any pics?

04-04-2003, 04:31 PM

relisys190

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What?

04-04-2003, 04:32 PM

1Revvin7

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He probably mean the oil control rings inside the block, rebuild time... Does it smoke a lot?

04-04-2003, 06:55 PM

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well in that case, it would be a major repair. Get it serviced by a 'Rotary mechanic' they are hard to find. but you wont see them working on any 5 angle valve jobs...

Like Revvin said. does your engine smoke?

04-04-2003, 07:03 PM

pengaru

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if it's an external leak see if you can get us a pic... otherwise it has to be the oil control rings on the rotors.

however, based on what you said it seems like it might be external, which is why i asked for a pic, if it's a leak between the housings, external, and oil, it could just be the dowel pins leaking, sometimes you can just keep driving on this without much trouble, just a messy engine.