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Old 05-28-06, 11:52 AM
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changing a housing gasket

hi guys i'm new to the forums and just recently baught a RX7 and according to the last owner it's gonna need a new gasket in one of the housings cause it's starting to leak coolant into the motor.

i was wondering how hard could that be? i herd i'll have to pull the motor in order to do this, but that don't look all that hard neither. i also herd it's hard to get a gasket set for rotary motors any more.

was wondering if someone here who has already accomlished this task could shoot me a few pointers

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Not hard to get gasket set. If you have ever rebuilt an engine before you will be fine if not get some friends that have to help.
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well thats good news about the gaskets. as for the rebuilding an engine i can do that. so it's not that much different from a regular engine? i don't know....i never worked on a rotary motor before.

so i really have to pull the engine and all?

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No it is VERY different but you need to keep the same practices when rebuilding: Take your time, observe tolerences, be very clean, follow directions to the letter.
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alright thanks for advice so far. i'll post some more as soon as i open her up, and most definetly if i get lost


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