ok here is the low down. ive own this car for almost a year and it has been leaking the whole time but not a lot. due to no cash coming in was only making enough to pay the bills. now im jobless and the oil is flowing. i toped her off last night so the dip stick was reading full. was omw to do a little photo time with some friends when behold the oil light starts buzzing. i stop and the dip stick is clean. i send my friends to get some oil and i pour 3 quarts and it and the stick shows about 3/4 between low and full. i get home about 15 minute ride and now its about 1/4 inch below the low marking.

ok story done now the question. how much would it cost to do a rebuild as in i do it my self just replacing the gaskets. i think the front housing gasket is shot now i cant tell for sure. there is oil all over the engine bay and what i noticed lately oil shoots up onto the inside of the hood. as i drive start to creep our from the front area of the hood on both sides. if anyone knows anywhere they have cheap gasket kits for a 6 port or even a 6 port just sitting around and want to get rid of it let me know. my pockets are thin so any hook ups would be appreciated. if any rotary people in riverview/brandon area wanna swing by and see if they can spot the leak be my guest.

 

in the mean time i would run premix, so in the event that you do run out of oil, you still have lubrication running through the rotor housings.




and if you wind up not trading, lmk a bottom deal price line.

 

yeah that guy flaked out. but i did put it up on craigslist before this leak got major so someone else wanted to trade me for his 5.0 vert. so now i have to rebuild it or drop a new motor in it. ive been looking on rx7club and found some rebuild kits and im not sure if i want to put new seal due to money is really tight or just get the new gaskets and trade it off.
kit with apex seals = Atkins Rotary Store - 89-91 N/A 2mm Overhaul Kit A
just gaskets = Atkins Rotary Store - 89-91 N/A Gasket Kit

now the gasket kit says no rotor seals im not sure if that means housing or not. any ideas?

this is going to be my first rotary rebuild but looking forward to the learning experience

 

the car is beautiful. if i were you, just in case you do decide to keep it, i would rebuild it. cash may be tight, but it would definitely suck to put in 200 for the lesser kit and it wind up blowing ya know. whatever path you choose, more power to you and good luck

 

1)Premix wont help with lubrication if the engine runs out of oil.
Bearings will seize.

2)When they say "no rotor seals" that usally means no rotor seals/springs (meaning all metal seals/springs on the rotor)

I wouldnt run used metal apex seals unless they were under 50k miles.
Thats trying to get by,but thats where the most expensive parts for a rebuild is.

I would run Mazda OEM rubber/paper gaskets.
Atkins rotor seals/springs

 

All this rebuild talk, have you checked the oil cooler lines? I'd have to be one hell of a engine oil leak to "shoot up onto the inside of the hood"

 

+1 and also check the rings.. where the rings ever removed from the lines and not put back on ???

 

dont know i havent messed with it too much just been trying to get it back to 100%. tomorrow after noon imma jack it up and try and find out there the leak is coming from ill post more and maybe pics of it then.

 

ok quick question motor outta 87 is that s4 or s5? if its an s4 is there anyway to using the harness and ecu from an s5 or an s4? i am about to get some engine degrease and get under the car to fin out where the leak is coming from

 

86-88=s4
89-91=s5