coolant strangeness

NoDOHC · 08-10-2010, 10:16 PM

The one that got me once is that little hose that goes from the throttle body down to the rear iron. It was leaking slightly, but evaporating on the exhaust manifold, never even saw steam. I did notice the same symptoms.

Unfortunately, it is possible that your housings rusted through, the '86 RX7s seem to do that much more than later models. That was the final death of my 6-port at 199,087 miles.

edit: We can't look for hard starting, because it already does start hard. Mine had great compression, but digested coolant. (It started hard, but ran fine once running) The irons were all junk, rusted completely around the coolant seals (which is one of the reasons that I now have a 4-port in the car).

I sure hope it is a leak...

Silver86 · 08-10-2010, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoDOHC

I sure hope it is a leak...

me too...

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NoDOHC The quest for more torque Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sheboygan, Wisconsin Posts: 855 Rep Power: 17	The one that got me once is that little hose that goes from the throttle body down to the rear iron. It was leaking slightly, but evaporating on the exhaust manifold, never even saw steam. I did notice the same symptoms. Unfortunately, it is possible that your housings rusted through, the '86 RX7s seem to do that much more than later models. That was the final death of my 6-port at 199,087 miles. edit: We can't look for hard starting, because it already does start hard. Mine had great compression, but digested coolant. (It started hard, but ran fine once running) The irons were all junk, rusted completely around the coolant seals (which is one of the reasons that I now have a 4-port in the car). I sure hope it is a leak... __________________ 1986 GXL ('87 4-port NA - Haltech E8, LS2 Coils. Defined Autoworks Headers, Dual 2.5" Exhaust (Dual Superflow, dBX mufflers) 1991 Coupe (KYB AGX Shocks, Eibach lowering springs, RB exhaust, Stock and Automatic) Last edited by NoDOHC; 08-10-2010 at 10:20 PM.