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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 05:47 PM
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Thumbs up Clean Stuck Apex seals ( Video )

I found this video on youtube and it seems to be a good vid.

Makes sense to me any way and i read on another forum that a guy
had 70psi on 1 rotor then followed steps in this video and his compression jumped
up to 98 right away.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etnpc...eature=related
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 06:16 PM
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interesting
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 07:36 PM
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Some comments.

( DUDE thanks for this vid. You just saved me about 3,000$. I have a 1997 RX7 turbo. It was geting hard to start and runing ruff. and was told the roters where shot. I just did what you did in this vid and now it runs like a champ and gets 5 more MPG.

I can not thank you enuff. )

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Very informative your video helped me un-seized my 13B that had been sitting for 4yrs. now it runs like a champ!

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Maybe more people should try this before rebuilding?
I know i will be
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 09:21 PM
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I can't help it 3:52 He is cross eyed!!!
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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lmao!
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 10:45 PM
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ok ... i think the easiest way to free a stuck seal is ... Take the car to some back road, warm it up , then just beat the crap out of it. Problems solved .
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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I don't know if I can take this guy seriously.
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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Wow!
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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 11:39 PM
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If my engine had low compression i would definitely give this a shot before forking out for a new one . Logic is pretty sound .


Only problem - we can't push the apex seals in in a side port !!!

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Old Sep 27, 2011 | 11:53 PM
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^^^ Thank you & Agreed

Not saying it works for every one but it def makes sense and i will be trying it as well.
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Old Sep 28, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Brettus
we can't push the apex seals in a side port !!!
Spark plug hole?

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Originally Posted by FazdaRX_8
Spark plug hole?
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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A friend of mine just did this with a Renesis that had practically zero compression in the front rotor . Drove the car yesterday and it runs perfectly now .

I would give this procedure the thumbs up for sure .
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