carbon locked engine

[Mazdaspeed419]

I found a 93 rx7 with a carbon locked engine. i dont know anything about rotaries, besides the basic principle of them. how hard is this to fix? and is it worth 7k?

 

[JoseProte83]

Not bad, you will need to take the engine out and open it, and pray that the housings are not marked....

 

[RunAroundNekid]

Hey.
I work for a Rotary performance shop.

Send us an email, we can help you out.

www.gorillare.com

 

[Signal 2]

Figure a rebuild. From your post we can assume you can't (or shouldn't) rebuild it yourself. If it's JUST hard and soft seals with labor at a reputable shop it will probably put you back about $3.5k. Depending on how many miles, there might be other major parts, housings and bearings that need replacing...worst case, up to $1400 if you go new but much less with used housings. Then there are probably about $500 worth of misc. additional components....FPD, OMP lines, coil harness, plug wires, plugs, injector cleaning etc etc. that you really should consider.
How clean is the rest of the car? How many miles? BTW, "Carbon locked" engines are very rare. If it won't turn over, even using a breaker on the front hub nut, it's probably something else.

 

[Mazdaspeed419]

Its been sold, and the craigslist ad removed.