2nd gen rx7 issues hot ....hot.....crappy looking coolant.

[gpeluso]

The car came home today.... Dave at KDR did a great job rebuilding the motor and for a good price. I still need a new rad since the one it came with has quite a few patches on it....Dave even did some additional epoxy work this morning too.....Can't wait to run it. It looks like Nelson's next weekend!

Greg

[lateapex911]

I tried to drive the car this past weekend on an open lapping day and got (3) 5 min sessions. oil temp 240 water temp 240........ the more I talk to people the more it sounds like it is f**ked up.

time line...first...
..... ran a 5 min session and saw water leaking from the rad area. I was upset that I pick up the car and it had isues...

last week......took car to open lap day and experienced what I stated earlier. (water at 240)

Conclusion.......car was messed up when I got it!

The over heating was coming from one of the Rad caps being bad and the water pump was pouring water out of it. That was the water I saw running out of the front of the motor.

Greg

Seems like a simple water pump failure has caused low water levels leading to further issues. According to your time line you saw water leaking from the car right away.

As a distant observer it looks like one of those deals that unfortunately happened, (water pump failed a seal or whatever) but, because it wasn't attended to properly, it spiraled.