rotary people help me.

[turborodarry]

Well, from what is said around the Rotary community, the turbo motors like to last to roughly 100k. How true it is, I do not know. It is mainly based on how the car was cared for is what I usually go by. I would say do a compression check definitely so at least you have a base to start from. Good luck.

i know of atleast 5 motors with well over 150k its just idionts that dont do supporting mods that blowthem

[Five*Star*]

Ok, first of all, compression does have effect on how well any internal combustion engine starts. I have seen this first hand a good few times. Another bad thing about low compression (damaged) motors is that they smoke, and that oil that's burning in the combustion area is coating your spark plugs and fouling them out.

Second, the rev thing is ok, but you will be more proper with actually using a cut-off switch to kill your motor, and then turn the motor over a few seconds while starting again, and then activate the fuel pump (by turning the switch back on). This is the same thing that has been programmed into RX-8 ecu's by not firing the injectors for a second delay while trying to start cold. You in essence will kill the motor dry, and get it spinning dry using your cut-off switch.

Third, do that compression test to see where you are at. I have a friend with a factory MAZDA compression tester that can do it for you.


Fourth, get those new spark plugs.


Fifth, check your battery performance, and then replace it if necessary. Has it sat more than a few weeks before? Have you run it dead a few times? That stuff is not good on batteries and even worse on cheap economy batteries. Rotary cars benefit from having a good quality battery ie. interstate, exide, energizer, optima.



Let me know if you have anymore questions.


Michael [email protected]