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Water in my OIL PAN!!!

Old Sep 6, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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Whats up Peoples .. I got a problem im a mechanic but.. not on rotory engines this is my first rx7 and i got it as a gift.. lucky right lol.. okay as for the problem when i fill the radiator up it seems that alot of the water is going into the oil pan... the engine will turn over really slow.. anyone help me?? hope its nothing major.. any help would be greatly appreciated... thx
 
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 07:21 AM
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Water in the oil pan means that you have a bad coolant seal between the housings (headgasket in a piston engine). This would require a full rebuild.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 07:25 AM
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thank you .. any web site you reccomend on for buying a rebuild kit?? i printed out a step by step instructions for the rebuild so i should be able to do it ....
 
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