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Originally Posted by 73RX-2
thanks to Chibikougan and Ferocious....I'm new to this site and don't have a good handle on navigating yet. I'm the original owner and the car was put up after white smoke was existing from the exhaust. I didn't drain any of the fluids and the engine seems to be seized as when it is put in fourth gear and rocked it doesn't turn the engine over. I heard that wd-40,kroil, diesel fuel may unsieze it. Your advice on putting any of these item in the engine spark plug holes? The car is in original condition except for some people dings.
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White smoke can be indicative of coolant seal failure. If that was the case, and coolant sat in the bottom of the rotor housing for years, there can be extensive damage. Personally I wouldn't even try to unseize it. I'd pull it immediately to try to save at least one of the housings. Even if you got it to run, it wouldn't last long enough to be worth the $$ of losing the parts of the engine which are still good
Great source of info, especially for you, the section on coolant seal damage
http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/ro...naldamage.html
