X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtp4.mail.ctc.net ([166.82.29.11] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTPS id 674995 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:14:50 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=166.82.29.11; envelope-from=alpha@concordnc.com Received: from alphasys (65-162-57-245.quickclick.ctc.net [65.162.57.245]) by smtp4.mail.ctc.net (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id j7JJDsJH018705 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:13:57 -0400 (EDT) From: James Brewer To: Rotary motors in aircraft X-Mailer: PocoMail 3.01 (1661) - Licensed Version Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:13:52 -0400 Message-ID: <2005819151352.454923@alphasys> Subject: Rotary Diagnosis please Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0533-4, 08/19/2005), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Guys, I need some help on my recent 13B rebuild for my '87 RX7. Thanks to all= previous replies on the crank angle sensor/TDC settings I was able to get it to crank and run. Now for the diagnosis of my= present problem: Engine starts and idles with a slight amount of smoking. As the engine warms up and I increase the RPM I get a= considerable amount of smoke. The smoke does not smell "sweet" like it is burning coolant but maybe it smells different= in a rotary. Smoke is white not black. With limited running I haven't noticed a drop in the coolant or coolant in the oil. Before I= pull the engine and go thru it again I would like to pinpoint the problem before teardown. I thought I was careful about the o-rings. I used= Hylomar for the grooves as per Bruce Turrentine's tape to keep them in the grooves. Am I getting oil past the oil o-rings? Other= sources or causes for my smoke? Tests I need to run? Help! Ed, Lynn, Leon or others. Jim Brewer Albemarle, NC