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Oil Dye
[/B] Has anyone used oil dye to find a leak in a rotary? I've used them in a piston engine before but there is no comparision between the two. Just wanted to get your opinion(s).
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Not to sound mean, but you know they burn oil with the metering pump. When I first bought my first RX-7, I didn't think it would burn "that much" oil as it did and I was sure it was leaking somewhere? But it would keep dropping and no noticable leak anywhere which ofcourse baffled me. I would burn about a 1qt in about 1000miles or so with the all orginal I was running at that time. Just FYI
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Im not an expert or anything. But in my opinion since if your still using the stock OMP pump I wouldnt want to put any type of dye into my engine. I dont know if it will hurt any of the seals or anything but I wouldnt want to risk it! I would get some lucus oil and add that in with new oil, and you may want to go with a thicker oil. Just my 2 cents. Thats what I would try.
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The reason for the dye was to find my oil LEAK, I wasn't sure if it was my pan, rear seal, oil sender , beehive or oil line. I put it in and found out that my only leak is the oil line. ![Smilie](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Thanks for all of your input.
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Thanks for all of your input.
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