Hey guys



I drive a 84 GSL-SE with 5k on a streetported motor.



So the other day I washed my car, and went for a little drive, cruised around a bit. I pulled over to look at the river on a beautiful day. Got back in the car and headed for home.



Now the good part



I take of, Rev to about 7k in first, shifted to second, the car went into second sputtered once and died. Wouldnt start back up. My friend who was behind me said that there was a puff of smoke after I shifted into second. (bigger than the usual running rich smoke I produce) Pulled to the side of the road, got out and there was a deputy behind me, he called for a tow and went on his way.



So I get out the tools check with a screw drive while cranking it, spark on all plugs, pulled the top plug on the front rotor, cranked it, sounded like 3 good swooshes, same with the rear rotor. I checked for any vacum leaks, not hard b/c the motor is pretty stripped down with most things capped off. Cant find anything.



Tow truck arrives and takes me and the car home $65. I try to roll start it, it runs with a roll start at 2k with the petal floored and sounds like crap bad misfire or something.



I put my extra set of plugs in yesterday after I cleaned them with a brush,

the car starts for a second when the leading plugs wires are off also it does the same thing when the fuel pump power (little blue plug on the coil) is off but it dies quickly either way.



Changed the fuel filter today, to no avail and did a compression check.



With the cheap compression check I bought the front rotor produced about 89 psi, the rear about 91psi

This was done by cranking it over with the starter. I couldnt get anything more than 30psi when I held the release button on any sides of either rotor. But there were 3 pulses each hitting 30 psi then falling immediately b/c I was holding the purge button.



I really dont know what this means but 30 psi seems low and the 90 seems about average. Noone had ngk plugs in stock so I guess Ill have to wait til tomorrow for those. It wont start at all now.



Any ideas or suggestions. Mods are listed in the sig.



Greg



PS anyone know any local Southwest Virginia RX-7 specialists?

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84 SE Tender Blue *Almost Mint- RB Springs-Tokicko Illuminas-Hawk Hp Pads-RB StreetPort Exhaust-Mariah Headlight Scoop-17" Konig Imagine's New Paint

15.9 @86mph on the stock 193XXX mile motor



Built by Kevin Landers of Rotary Resurrection

Rebuild and Streetport-Aluminum Flywheel RB Clutch & PP-E-Fan-No AC-Air Pump, S5 Rotors and S4 Intake

 

pull the plugs and listen for loud even whooshes. if you hear faint whooshes you need a rebuild

 

Update



Changed the fuel filter today, to no avail and did a compression check.



With the cheap compression check I bought the front rotor produced about 89 psi, the rear about 91psi

This was done by cranking it over with the starter. I couldnt get anything more than 30psi when I held the release button on any sides of either rotor. But there were 3 pulses each hitting 30 psi then falling immediately b/c I was holding the purge button.



I really dont know what this means but 30 psi seems low and the 90 seems about average. Noone had ngk plugs in stock so I guess Ill have to wait til tomorrow for those.



Tomorrow I am going to pull the upper intake manifold to see if the injectors are leaking really badly even though I bought them cleaned and balanced (used) about 5 months ago.



I was reading a post in another thread that stated that if enough gas gets in the oil it will cause real stange problems, should I just go ahead and change the oil while Im at it?

 

I feel like a complete jackass and am out about $150.



It was the coolant temp sensor. I plugged it in, the car ran fine, after about 30 minutes the smoke from the gas in the exhaust finally burned off and I drove it around. Although it doesnt feel as powerful as before.



Thanks for all the help everyone



-Greg

 

good to hear

 

Once again,too many people on the "u need a rebuild"wagon!

Very glad to hear its running nice man!

 

Have you compression tested your motor since the incident? The "rebuild wagon" is usually what everyone says because he described the symptons of a motor in need of new seals. Im just intrested in hearing the compression testing results since you said the motor has lost some power.