EnBom_Rx-7

...for three days, where I have had to find alternate ways of transportation, usually calling in favors, and they tell me today that they don't want to work on it. None of the mechanics wanted to even touch it, because they don't know what they are doing.

Thanks for being honest, but why the hell did it take three days? Gah...

Well now I am here with my car, and I think I have a, or some vacuum leaks and I do not know how to check, but I do have reason to assume. Not only can you hear it, I get horrendous gas mileage. Those were my two dead give aways.

Also, thinking of trying a ghetto compression test too, but I want to know my numbers. Anyone know of a place near Tacoma/Seattle area I could do this for relatively cheap to free? It would be quite a drive, 30 minutes to an hour or so.

Thank in advance guys. Appreciate it.

$500CaR KinG

spray the vacuum hoses with carb cleaner while the car is idling and when it sputters wherever you were spraying at that exact time will b the leak. Just a quick and easy and cheap way of finding a vacuum leak

NJGreenBudd

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Use an unlit propane torch instead of a can of carb cleaner, much celaner and safer, just crack the valve and poke around the engine bay - especially by the throttle body. It can be a bad gasket or seal as well as vac hose itself, the vac spider is a common source of leak as well as the stock TID. If you can hear it I would start replacing the lines in that particular area.

Search around on here for Vac Leak info, there have been hundreds of threads that are filled with info.

Go buy a compression tester at the auto parts store and take out the one valve, there is no need to have a shop do your compression test.

Asterisk

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WOW! What a great friggin idea! Using an unlit propane torch! I should have thought of that!

Boosted11

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Man thats nothing. I brought my first rx7 to a normal shop because it wasn't starting. It would be super close to turning over but just not enough. So, I phoned the shop and asked the guy if he's worked on rotarys before and he said yes. I got them to come down and pick up the car. 3 months later the car's still there. I kept calling asking if they've started working on the car yet and they said yup tomorrow or within the week. This wouldn't of happened if I didn't fracture my foot. I couldn't work on the car, and didn't need to drive so I just let it sit. I sold the car 3 months later for $250 because I had to move, I bought it for $2k. It was a huge loss. Found out the guy put new coil packs in and it fired up.

DriftN7

thats really gay I would be upset.

TehMonkay

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Don't even bother taking the car anywhere unless the shop really knows about rotaries. Youre better off going to a dealer and at least asking if they have a rotary guy there. My dealership has two. I have an engine builder/tuner near by, and a ton of people nearby to lend a hand, no real "shops" though, though me and my friend were talking about starting one in the future.