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lost compression on rotor #2.

here's the story:

Friday afternoon i was driving on the Dragon US-129. pulled off to let a motorcycle by me because my car was starting to get hot. found a pull off spot up the road a little more. as soon as i stopped my car stalled out. took about 1.5 hours to get it started again after we let it cool. took a look under my car at the boost line going to the wastegate actuator and found it loose.

about the car:

installed the turbo and got it tuned back in February. since i'm in the navy and have to go out to sea a lot i haven't had too much of a chance to drive the car and work out the bugs. i drove it to and from work a few times, from Portsmouth, VA to Myrtle Beach, SC and back, and to the dragon where this all happened. i'm not quite sure when the WG line came undone, so i don't know if i might have tuned without it or not. regardless i need some new vacuum lines. the ones i got with my BOV are complete garbage.

so for now:

had the car towed to someone's house that actually has time to tear it down. looking to do a rebuild possibly with some Esmeril Racing apex seals, pineapple racing HD water seals, and whatever else needs replaced possibly some powdercoating too.

i'd like to give a big thanks to Patrick(g3tr3ddy2gr3ddy) for helping me out with it, Kevin Landers(Rotary Resurrection) for towing my car, and the couple that helped us out on the side of the dragon. without you guys i'd probably still be stuck on the dragon. everyone wish me luck.

that sucks man -sorry to here that . Looked like such a promising build too .



by "loose" do you mean off as in not connected ?

yes it was off. don't be too bummed out, i should hopefully have it back in the next month or so maybe even better than before.

Hmmm - yeah , no line to the wastegate actuator is not a good look . Hard luck . Did you notice the extra boost while driving ?

maybe. it was running really strong into boost. i haven't even done WOT with it yet but even feathering the throttle it felt great.

damn, sorry to hear this.

no boost gauge for keeping an eye on the pressure?

wow. im sorry to hear that. Good luck on everything.
This just goes to show how helpful a lot of people are in the Rotary world.

you mentioned it was overheating; what kind of temps were you seeing?

never go the chance to install mine. thats the major reason i wouldn't go WOT. at least if i ease into boost i could just let off if i felt any surge.

it was approaching 200F water temp. later on my oil temp gauge started going crazy. i didn't realize until we put the key in after we hauled it that the needle just sweeps all over the place.

Sounds like your AT turbo project is becoming a money pit. Hopefully you get it all worked out

Perfect time for a Mazmart Engine Rebuild

:tear: good luck Nuke:bigokay:

keep your chin up make a banging comeback, no pun intended

oh man...sorry to hear nuke :(

Good luck on the rebuild - hope everything comes out ok. :bigok:

:(

That wastegate line makes me paranoid. Between Jeff and now you, I am glad I have real nice lines and I check them often.

Sucks to hear about this dude!!!!! Things were just getting fun.

Realy sucky to hear this. you will be boosting before u know it.

Def get a boost gauge in that monster. .partial throttle and boost dont mix well..you can see some serious pressures especially if that wastegate was loose..good luck on the build and glad to see ur bouncing back

sorry to hear nuke your car is awesome i hope u fix it soon!!

Damn man so sorry to hear this...So that was probably the problem this whole time...remember when you txt'd me about your idle issues...damn I hope you get your car back up and running sooner than I did...that shit sucked....anyway hit me up man anytime if need some help...

You've came along way with your car bro..keep it up

Oh and for future reference East Coast Customs does boost leak checks w/the smoke. They found about 3 on my setup...

he just have oil pressure, water and oil temp. he doesn't have any gauges for turbo application, ex: AFR or boost gauge.

nuke, sorry to hear, but i hope for the next engine you will have something to monitor it and stronger engine...

at least, you won in the first place..LOL..

steven

Ouch....sorry to hear that dude. :sad:
Was such a nice build coming along too!

Ill be checking my lines later we dont need two blue turbo 8s down.....Sorry to hear about your trouble you will be back soon enough.

Can i get a brap brap brap.........wait rx 8's dont do that.

my compression is goingout on one rotor one to:(it sucks bad

Sure you can, Ive seen the thread of the Renesis that was Bridge-ported that had some brap ;)

the one that had his engine out 5 times and lasted 50 miles each time ?