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From: mgs-owner
To: mgs
Subject: Engine troubles...
Date: Sunday,December 31,1995 5:35PM
1)LBC Engine Trouble:
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Blowby pushing oil into the carb via breather hose from crankcase?
My friend rebuilt the engine in his 1974 MGB this summer, and he is having a
problem with excessive oil consumption at sustained engine speeds above 3000
RPM.
The engine seems to run well; it makes good power and all cylinders fire
evenly.
All of the original emission control equipment was removed by a previous
owner--
could the missing PCV / Gulp valve be causing some problems?
2)LJC Engine Trouble:
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Bad spark plug wires?
I have a 1986 Mazda RX-7 exquiped with the normally aspirated 13b rotary
engine
which I have owned since 1989. This car has about 107,000 km on it and has
been
serviced regularly. While driving at about 60 km/h it developed a miss. I
limped
it into the local dealership and they at first thought that the problem was
a
bad
igniter coil (no spark). They then told me I had lost all compression in
the
rear
rotor, possibly due to a bad apex seal. Is this sort of sudden failure
common?
The engine had good compression in both rotors when it was serviced this
spring.
Thanks,
Dave Morris
'72 MGB
'86 RX-7 (Dead)
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