after rebuild 2K miles compress loss

11-21-2012, 01:46 AM

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after rebuild 2K miles compress loss

Rx8 04 rebuilded: new apex , corner, site seal, housing nice... old and gasket set.
new coils, spark plugs , wires... . catback, rear lambda, cleaned maf,
I have bad could start and hot start.

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11-21-2012, 01:50 AM

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ughh what.. who did the rebuild?

re-used old gasket set?

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11-21-2012, 01:54 AM

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whoever did the rebuild screwed up somewhere.

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11-21-2012, 02:04 AM

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what apexes did you use?
Who did the rebuild?

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11-21-2012, 02:23 AM

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I use oem apex seal

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11-21-2012, 03:08 AM

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Sorry for my english i am from Czech republic

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11-21-2012, 03:38 AM

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I have from mazdatrix Everything

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11-22-2012, 12:03 AM

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I use extra long side seals and i hand-cut them

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11-23-2012, 01:15 PM

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You need to start with a proper compression check first. Hard start could be any number of other things. Or at least it's not clear if you actually checked it vs assumed it.