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Well,
they say a picture is worth 1000 words.
In
this case the picture is worth about 1000 dollars. :(
The
compression tester prints a tape showing the compression pulses. On rotor 2 it
looks fine. 3 peaks for every cycle. On rotor 1 there's one peak, one tiny blip,
then nothing. I took off the exhaust manifold and, sure enough, two of the seals
are shiny and spring back about 1/16 inch when you press them (hard). The other
seal is intact, but not shiny and only springs back maybe 1/32 when pushed. It
IS moving, so it's not a stuck seal - sounds like the side seals are gone. We'll
know more when the Mazda guy gets the engine comes
apart......
John
(just a minor set back)
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