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Old 05-24-2012, 03:03 PM
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Unrecognized bolt

Hi guys, a friend bought a used RX-8 engine to replace his broken one.
I'm mounting it, but I have found this bolt unscrew



Spark plugs side, near the starter.
Can someone tell me how much is the correct torque for it, and if we have something to worry about it ?
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Ok, it is one of the tension bolt.
Hope that it doesn't give me problems....

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Hopefully it was just loosened in error...

You should likely check the rest of them as well....
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errr. dude, take it out and check ALL tension bolts.

in fact, where u got this used engine from? I will bitch at the guy who sold it to u.

cuz if it's used and the engine has never been "touched"(meaning OPENED), that bolt would NEVER back out like this, so something "fishy" is going on here.

I will at least buy all new tension bolt gasket/oring, take it all out in order, lube the tension bolts thread and the gasket/oring. retorque it to spec (do it in 3 stages)


if any of them "back out" when the flywheel spins, it's going to Rape the whole thing.

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hopefully the original owner/seller wasn't too curious....

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I hope that who disassembled the engine from the donor car missunderstood what this bolt is, I have only retorqued it down.


Can someone tell me where these three connectors go?

http://imageshack.us/g/198/p1050701mod.jpg/

This car have a cold air intake, so no airbox etc.
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sigh

i don't even know what to say anymore ...
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You are right, but the owner of the car (that bought this used engine) want it ASAP.
Do yu know where these three connectors go?
http://imageshack.us/g/198/p1050701mod.jpg/

The green one is the VFAD solenoid connector, so I don0t need to connect it anymore (no VFAD on this car). What about the other two?

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Anyone on these connectors?
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Green one is the VFAD plug...part of the stoch intake

Black one with the 2 prongs is the air conditioner pump clutch

Other one is either a ground or something at the battery connection..not sure about that one

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The last one goes under the positive terminal of the loom, solved.

The car starts and the engine sems really fine, but after some seconds it goes off by itself.
No OBD error present. If I rev it and keep revs steady there's no problem. If I rev up and down it is incline to die.
Every time the engine restart with any problem

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