Gathering tomorrow? aiyo... world cup on leh... germany vs. argentina. Probably will be in laundry @ the curve, so anyone going there, do drop by and say hello.

 

This is what worries me. All the info that I've read here on this forum, synthetic works just fine on the rotaries. But here you are relating your own real experience on this issue, which inevitably makes me doubt my own choice of oil.

Crud.

 

Can watch at our meeting place also and also Japanese sports car owners club will also have thier gathering there too.

 

I heard that there's a way to clean up your engine....... This is wat RX7 owner told me..... I think it's available at Ah Choy's place..... Alternatively you can open up your engine and replace the apex seal........ This can save a lot of money.......

 

bro, mineral oil means its not synthetic nor semi synthetic, its natural mineral oil extracted from the base of earth.

 

Trust me. what lennon say is 100% true! dun believe on rumours on the net. jangan bang your engine with synthetics. different synthetic might hurt your car more!

 

I wouldn't call it a rumour. The stuff I've read are presented with facts and (what I believe) strong arguments. Though I don't know the source of info personally (eg. rotarygod) I find his knowledge very creditable indeed. This include threads on oil on the zth forum too.

But like I mentioned before, lennon's actual experience on oil beats everything, with it actually happening closer to home and lennon is not known for bullshitting .

If I'm convinced that any form of synthetics is bad, then I might as well hop on the bandwagon an get me some rotary oil. Nothing less for my car.

 

So replacing the apex seal is cheaper than the method available at Ah Choy's? And you mean to replace the apex seal IF it's broken right?

 

hAHHAHA....... i might want to BS sometimes to make things happening.... heheh

 

thnk god i stil use hks rotary oil....but is there any brand of rotary oil thats only rm1++?.....tak larat la asyik pakai minyak yg almost hit rm300 or more....

 

Darul, recently i went to service kong's car in a quite reputable workshop in kk, TOKAI. they are recommending the Splitfire 10W40 mineral oil. i asked kong. it works fine for him. may be u can call him up for more info. it cost less than RM100.

 

i know what car wood wanna buy....
this is the car.... overtaking marcus....zoom zoom....

*Screen shots from new "Need For Speed- Carbon"

 

The pricey element is the engine rotor housing and intake housing plus the rotor itself........ A single scratches on either of this parts will make you empty your pockets....... Apex seal is actually a wear-n-tear parts.... It's just a matter of time **** happens...... So it's adviseble to change it every 50k...... This is just my tought.....
It's too late the moment your engine blows, becos the apex seal must have jump out of it's position and scratch around the entire engine....... You wanna see sample, just go to Ah Choy's place.....

 

What many rx7 owners do including me to "clean" the engine is to run distilled water thru the upper intake manifold. You can do this by locating a "nipple" on intake and whilst keeping revs at 3k rpm dip hose connected to intake into a bottle if distilled water. run about 500ml-1liter. There's some noticable difference in accelaration and decel. Having said this, of course the improvement is subjective and i dont doubt if others will beg to differ.

On oils, i've seen a drop in operating temps running semi syn. there's no problems in running other reputable oils considering the technology available today and the reduced amount of ash content. if money is no issue run redline fully syn and you'd love it.

 

hey rx8-8888, is ur car white, BJC 8888??saw u @ 1u just now ma....if i'm not mistaken u did horn me rite???sorry la no time 2 say hi i was rushing 2 watch superman...c u in our yam cha session kies.. BJC nice la Blessings from Jesus Christ...

 

Thanks for the info man....

 

yeah kienhong i horned you. your black 8 damn nice . wat rims are those ar? actually i dont think i will ever join your yum cha sessions if they are held on fridays. cause im always busy on friday night and saturday night, thats why i wanna hold some weekdays yum cha session, small group nvm, just wanna see all your rides and besides, we all share the same interest.

 

***HELP***
normally everytime i fill in petrol. i will reset my mileage meter. i had been using primas 3- petronas, cause v-power ada masalah. but this time full tank i only got 230KM only!!!! before this it gave me 330- 370 KM!!! OMG what happened?

so i filled up with Shell Regular petrol. feel gain in power. but not sure whether its good for rotary????

 

NEED INFO ASAP PLEASE :

4Auto owners : damn... how do i start... ok here goes, you know the gear console there got P,R,N,D does it have lights when you turn on all the lights? as in when its in the night and you turn your headlight etc etc on. Got light on those letters or not? haha coz today i sent my car for servicing and suddenly i realise no light, not sure if had or not coz didnt really pay attention to it as it has a display on the speedometer area also. Hope for your quick replies. I was so desperate to know that i even called up kenny and his a really nice guy. at least he remembers my name after just 1 call enjoy the rest of the night watching football ...

 

How long does your full tank last before you tried the primax 3? I don't know how likely it is that the change of fuel affects your mileage that dramatically. However, spoke to Vincent once before, and he mentioned that the V Power is not good for our cars. He experienced the CEL coming on when he's on that fuel. I can't remember any other adverse effects though. Marcus also mentioned that the Primax 3 increases mileage slightly.

I used Shell regular, then switched to Primax 2, then back to Shell regular. I found that no significant gains/losses from both types, whether it's mileage, throttle response etc. But Alhamdulillah, no problems so far. I'd guess that by using the Primax 3 for the next few fill ups, you'd understand the problem (if any) better, but of course I wouldn't take that risk just to diagnose what's wrong. Stick to Shell regular for a few fillups, and see what kind of response you get from your car.

 

hey dude..mine oso has no light when turn on the head light...i oni notice it now...so dun worry la..er how come bz on friday n saturday nite???bz party ar???weekdays yam cha no prob...call me anytime when u're free..my phone no is @ da 1st page...cheerz...

 

Thank You very Much Jaii. that really helps a lot. i am gonna use regular from now on.

 

i use shell regular coz have bonuslink points

...and there's no light la at P.R,N,D....mmg takde.....i think.....heheheh..it just 2 weeks and i forgot whats inside my car.....anyhow..........

...and i do know that they do sell shift **** (for manual la...) that is illuminated when u shift the gear accordingly.......,,but i'm not abt the auto though.....correct me if im wrong.......

..England Rulez....!!!!!!

 

haha i just only realise yesterday...coz i always dont notice that part. and thanks ar kenny for sms-ing me...tonight we meet up aight?

 

kienhong you stay near BU?