Rx7 fd3 first time starting, bad water seal lots of smoke

First start after attempting many times a few days ago with no luck just managed to flood it. This time i adjusted the idle screw out 1 turn as was having to use the throttle before to keep it running what after a few seconds would flood it, plugged the stock ecu back in, span the engine over at full throttle with the coils unplugged, ecu/injector fuse out and plugs out to clear the rotors of any fuel, heated my plugs up in the oven at 150 deg c for 10 minutes lol and started no problem.

The smoke from around the turbos is because i heat wrapped the downpipe and it hasnt got hot before.

Has sat for over 4months without running in what time i slowley carried out these mods, hks downpipe, hks rs intakes, blitz nur spec cat back, removing air pump, removing ACV and solenoids, under drive pulleys, replacing all the vacuum pipes under the UIM with silicone ones, fitting Efini Y Pipes, hks hard pipes with samco hoses and of corse the Apexi power fc pro with commander.

Lots of smoke in this video where it has a bad water seal. I knew about this before starting it this time but wanted to check all the vac pipes etc were good and it would start before looking in to the water prob any thurther.

Car is running good compression at the moment but dont know for how much longer! Min 107 psi and max 115psi

Hopefully what i done above may help some of you others unflood your car! The ecu fuse is next to the battery positive terminal and is the centre one of the 5.

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[motobruce100]

As title says it has a bad water seal yep, also this is a huge debate about piston vs rotary engine that has been going on for years and would prefer it if you didnt carry it on here.

I have a piston engine car thats done 155,000 miles and runs a treat my rx7 has done 55,000 max and its fobar so yes piston engines last longer hence why they are so common but you dont get many 1300cc piston engines putting out 300+ bhp easily.

Play nice

:)

[scowie71]

water seal or oil seal gone there mate? and 115 psi... they should really only be running 105 psi, thats what they are from factory... so im guessing sometime along the way you adjusted the boost which blew the shit out of the oil seal around the moving gear on the actual rotor, and oil is now seaping into the combustion chambers... unlucky mate :(

[NicksGarageDoor]

Holy scheet!!!

[X3lfl3X]

The rotary is the fine line between performance and time.

[marek0086]

@motobruce100~ so what that its 1300cc?!.... it uses more fuel to get the same power as a piston engine!

[gav240z]

@motobruce100 you can get heavy duty water seals from Atkins Rotary. However I don't see bubbles in the coolant are you sure it's not a turbo coolant line leaking? Seems to have smoke coming from that area?

[anish4]

fucking bass!

[EvangelionFan]

@motobruce100 Both engines have their strengths and where the Wankle may not last as long as a piston engine, Its mad easy to take apart and fix when compared to the piston engine.

[emjr114]

If u havnt driven it much or pulled the motor to replace that seal I suggest dumping a bottle of alumiseal in the rad & going for a nice long drive.... The rotary Gods swear by it!!

[budzag]

Probly just needs a thrashing 2 clear it out wait till its warmed up and drive it 2 red line it only way 2 know 4 sure. the radiator always pushes water up my rx does same thing.

[Tj1056]

haha my car smokes on first start up but this is a little over board lol... gots me a video also