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Old 11-06-03, 08:13 PM
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Angry I'm tired of this!!! smell like gas all the time.

Ahhhhhhhhhaaaa!!!
I had it!!! everytime i'm in my car i smell like gas!!
I'm getting like 150 miles full tank!!
my couson drive behind me and...he's crying when we stop..cos of the fuel exhaust...
Everytime i check under the hood I see small amount of gas around the injectors not a serious amount..
so what should i do??/
Does anybody have # to rc engineering?? and know how much they charge. to rebuilt the injectors???
does anybody have this problems????
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ANY amount of fuel in the engine bay is DANGEROUS!
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Park the car, don't drive anymore, start removing whatever you need to gain access to your injectors and your PD, inspect it all (as well as the fuel lines to the fuel rails). You can get RC Engineering's phone number from their website which is www.rceng.com and they will probably charge you around $24 per injector for cleaning/balancing (plus shipping of course). I just got mine back from them a bit ago.
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the amount of fuel is only around th einjectors, where it connected to the the block (rotor housing)
not much..just like somebody dip the bottom of the injectors..in fuel and plug it back...
BTW..how long did it take to get the injectors back from RC??
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From what you say its probably just your injector grommets/o-rings. Try buying a set for your injectors and see if that cures the leak.
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it start with 1 on the 2ndary injector..the top o ring was busted..change that ..then all..seem to be zipping gas..
then how about the fuel smell that is killing the ppl driving behind me???
does that mean that 1 or more of my injectors stuck wide open??? so i'm running super rich..150 miles for a tank fulll is bad from what i heard..
and i smell like exhaust everytime i drive my car.
o! and my car will idle only for about 2 mins..then stall..
i think..i need new injectors..how long will it take for RC to rebuilt mine??
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Have you ever heard of Heroshima? Nagasaki? WELL that's what your engine is going to do if you don't fix your fuel leak.

Any amount of dripping/leaking fuel that close to a HOT *** exhaust manifold could be detrimental to your rx-7 and YOUR LIFE.

Just be careful.. like someone said earlier, dont drive the car

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thanks...will send my inj out to RC Monday..
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Worn apex seals will cause this, if it seems to be coming out of the tailpipe.
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i don't think is a worn Apex seals..it's brand new rebuilt engine.
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RC Engineering is pretty quick returning the injectors. It should only take them a day to get them done, so you're mostly waiting on shipping. I sent mine out one day, they worked on it the next day they got it and sent it out, then I got it the day after that, so it was a 3 day turn-around for me. I live in So. Cali too though, and they're located in So. Cali as well. You'll need to buy some lower grommets though, but they do replace the pintle caps and upper grommets and o-rings. And for sure.....don't drive your car anymore.
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