Help: sudden lost of power
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Help: sudden lost of power
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Before:
I had pulled the intercooler and was cleaning the TPS terminals and put some Di-electrical grease on the connection due to some tps issues that I was hoping to fix. I put it back together and started the car .. it didn't idle overly happy still but none the less settled to 800 where it usually idles.
then:
I took it for a little spin.. got on it hard in 1st - 2nd. felt fine and was just crusing along at 45 for another mile when wham the car just felt like it had severe load. I downshifted into 4th and it was kinda chuggn along if I depressed the clutch the car would die. it would restart if i released the clutch though just severly under powered.
present:
pulled off and shut the car down. I opened the hood and nothing seemed wrong I checked to see if I had blown a pipe off and just had severe leak but all looked good. I tried to crank it.. if i did a fuel cut for a while.. then pumped the gas and all I would get was a 'pop' from the exhaust nothing else. This only happened a couple of times. I'm now waiting to tow the car home and put it in the garage.
unfortunately, i'm guessing i cracked an apex seal and motor is toast... please tell me different.. I'll know more when I get the car in my garage to do a compression test.
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compression test results are in
front rotor: the needles suppose to move right![Big Grin](https://www.rx7club.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
rear rotor: 3 good spikes to 60 in repitition so no dead spot i'm guessing that's good.
woo chalk me up on my first rotor.. now to rebuild... or buy a j-spec and call it good for now.
front rotor: the needles suppose to move right
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rear rotor: 3 good spikes to 60 in repitition so no dead spot i'm guessing that's good.
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