Help! Starting A Rotary Engine That Has Sat For A Year

[daviddh85]

I NEED HELP WITH MY 1981 RX7. JUST BOUGHT IT, HAS A 12A AND HASN'T BEEN RUN IN A YEAR. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE ON THE BEST WAY TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN? NEED THE GET IT RUNNING TO GET IT TO THE RESTORATION SHOP I WORK AT TO START THE RESTORATION. THANKS. EMAIL ME AT [email protected] WITH YOUR HELP, OR JUST LEAVE A REPLY.

[D3rELiC]

first, get some high octane engine starter, poor some MMO (marvel mystery oil) in the rotor chamber by the sparkplug holes and turn the crank, do this to get some oil in every rotor chamber, it will prevent carbon lock and over heat when you'll try to start the engine after a day or two of crank turning once in a while.

make sure the cats arnt cloged, if they still exist, lol

[ghostrx7]

try disconnecting the engine inj fuse and cranking it for a good 10-20 secs.then replace the fuse and try again.it works on my sec gen when it doesnt start.goodluck

[drftk1d]

he didnt say it was flooded.

[J-Rat]

Originally Posted by ghostrx7

try disconnecting the engine inj fuse and cranking it for a good 10-20 secs.then replace the fuse and try again.it works on my sec gen when it doesnt start.goodluck

A small problem with that suggestion..

The 81 FB was carb'd, so it would not have an engine INJ fuse..

Just a little "gee whiz" info for ya.

[MBTN]

New battery (doesn't have to be NEW, but a nice strong one is good.)
Get rid of that old gas in there.
A little MMO in the rotor chambers, crank it a bit. Then new plugs. Finally, pray!

[daviddh85]

Got it running, smoked like crazy for about 10 minutes but is idling well and oil pressure is right where it should be. Now, the restoration will begin.