Here's What A Damaged Rotary Engine Looks Like Inside
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ม.ค. 2019
- This week on Living With A Rotary, Alex takes his unhappy RX-8 to Rotary Revs to find out the cause of the engine's low compression.
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Them guys really seem to know what they are doing awesome
So basically the rx8 is fucked
“I’m here for a good time, not a long time”
-Rotary engine
Brap.....Brap......Broken!!!
Like a cheap hooker, she'll take it, but only for so long.
lmao
That's what I got out of this. I do believe a few engineering tweaks could make the rotary engine a great engine.
@Primedragoon turbo or NA though? The NA were reliable but the turbo put a lot of extra stress on the car plus people dont put oil in with their gas so their shit breaks
Fair play
Dude sounds a top mechanic. Which is rare these days.
"mechanic" nah this man's ascended, hes an engineer now.
Man seeing lads like this, that know what they are doing and having a smile on the face and bantering. This looks like an amazing shop. Hope ya lads have a good life and wish you only the best. Mad respect.
@@percynolan6198 deviant
@@icyhyena7250 he most likely is yeah
@@percynolan6198 no, you are
@@icyhyena7250 your liked videos syas it all you puff
@@percynolan6198 I sincerely hope your daughter doesn't grow up with comments like these around the house you negative prick
These guys really know their shit on rotary engines. And make the rx8 to a flamethrower
That's done by fattening the fuel mix when decelerating for just a few rotation. It's easy when it's done with through the cars ECM when tuning.....
These guys should start their own TH-cam channel talking about different issues they come across with rotaries.
But with subtitles please.
Yes, they know their stuff, and I have already recommended them to friends up North
@@miskatonic6210 Naaah, I'm Italian and I totally understand them😂
they'd have content for years 😂😂
Give away there expertise Naw it's not a good idea
They are some intelligent young guys
It's amazing to hear actual knowledge about RX-8s.
Really cool to see young mechanics who know their stuff and who are passionate about what they do. Must be a nice feeling driving out of a garage knowing your car has been properly worked on and you haven't somehow been ripped off. Something I've yet to truly experience.
One day, eh?
Rotaries are very specific in these days, even Mazda dealerships struggle with them. Having specialists around is not bad at all
yea, the real nightmare!
Lol someday good mechanics will come back to the US. UTI ruined it
Cheddar cheese
That shop looks like a slice of heaven with all those rotaries
Me as a Frenchman : I’m fluent in English look I know this amazing channel about cars and I understand everything
A wild northerner appears : drummrlustain wiglecar blestex whywen
*confused pikachu face*
Don’t think a frenchie can take the piss out of accents
@@vcvbrrory2269 He's not though. I'm American, which is a lot closer to the queens English, and even I agree with him.
Wolfie an American can not comment on accents you all sound like mugs
@@ThatBiohazardGuy Because so many people are used to saying we british have a 'British accent' which does not exist. You go 2 miles in any direction in this country and there is a different accent. These guys are less than a hour from me and sound completely different haha
I’m northern and I don’t understand northern 😂
I don't care what the subject is, I will listen to people who know their stuff talk about literally anything.
But if I happen to be a nerd with respect to said subject... it helps.
Those guys know their stuff. Well explained without getting too technical.
@Yuck Foutube which is nice for a change. I live in a somewhat small town and almost all the rotary people's I know I don't deal with lol why I do all my own rotary stuffs in house. This is just an amazingly great video to show the public who are not rotarded like me 😉
Rotary are easy to see the damage since it just pretty much shaped it off in time.
That shop is straight out of a dream
I would take mine there definitely
That is some well detailed information to cause and effect on a rotary engine. Thanks.
Loving the passion and dedication that these lads have.
These guys seriously knew their stuff!
Id hope so being specialists...
So much knowledge about it, wonder how much time did it take to learn all that
DassRoc exactlx
man what i'd do to know all that stuff. i barely know much about normal piston engines :(
@@phiillzzz807 same, would be a job for life!
The accent killed me. I liked how Alex memed the accent and then he started talking right along.
the ro'uh ha' spuh a bearin'
Extremely impressed with their knowledge and the way they can explain it in an easy to understand way. Would love to see more from them 👍
Loving the rotary series! Still heavily tempted to get one myself, just constantly taking notes on what to look out for.
Shout out to the guy with the Afro, I’m met him in Wakefield McDonald’s car park in his black Bridgeported rx8. He was even kind enough to take me for a spin 😝👍
You're welcome 🤣👌🏾
@@blackustang4543 beatbox love it
Seems like a verry cool bloke. Alex looks like a midget next him lol.
@@blackustang4543 😂😂 please tell me you're starting a channel soon??😁 I'd sub in a heartbeat!👌🏿
Big up the wakey lads, good to see some locals on here
"It's Fuc*ed "
Alex: Excelent 😂
Ok.
Excellent video. Great to see these young lads with so much knowledge. Brilliant
this was the most comprehensive explanation on rotary's than I ever have heard or learned. Great job Rotary Revs, can't wait to see the build up.
Row row row your rotary gently down the stream if you see a broken apex don't forget to scream.
Gold
🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣
True poetry
This comment must be pinned right now!
Lmao 1002×
That guy knew his stuff.
British Chris fix
One of my favorite videos on this channel love the breakdown and learning a lot as well can't wait for the next!
Nice to find guys that still care and out effort into their work
Not so often we have any info on repair and analysis of Rotary engines - great input to film this common issues
these lads that you've found are amazing! Looking forward to see this unique engine type being rebuilt!
This is probably the best and most instructive rotary video I've seen! Thank you!!!
Those guys really know their stuff. Should turn out nice 👍
From 1996 to 2001 I owned a Mazda RX-4 coupe. It was the best car I've ever owned. It had a mild port 13B, only around 190hp, but it was so much fun and threw flames like the Devil at a Christians dodgeball game, lighting up the scenery in my mirrors on a night hills run. I too have suffered from the inevitable apex seal failure. One seal BANG! tearing the other 2 to pieces and the one surviving rotor carrying the other one home like a gallant infantryman with his rescued brother from the battle. Many late nights were spent stripping it down, cutting rust, repainting, repairing, replacing, searching for rare parts, swearing at seized bolts. But nothing has ever brought such a smile to my face. A framed collage of its glory hangs upon my wall. I still dream about it to this day.....
PS. Alex, I want that rotor.
You can have it, if I get it ;-D
That’s a good story my dude
“Threw flames like the devil at a Christian dodgeball game” 😂
Why did i read "Sex Appeal failure" XD
Glad you're rebuilding this Alex. Awesome video well produced apu guys can't wait for the next one. Cheers 👍
Apparently "ra'a" means "rotor" in British English 🤔
(That's not British English, that's northern, and I sometimes struggle to understand what they're saying...don't tell them I said that!)
@@alexkersten1964 OMG you replied again 😱 Do not worry, even if I told them they would probably understand as little of my zis zat German English as I understand that Northern 😂
Een Yarkshur eet doos.
@@justinolson3757 Had to read this 3 times to discover that it was not Dutch, and 8 times to actually understand what it meant...
Roa HAHAHAHA
Those 16 minutes passed by so easily
Love this series. This was one of my favourite cars back then.
Stripping the whole engine block in less than an hour, and being knowledgeable about what the problems are right away. This is one of the better TH-cam videos about cars I have ever watched, and yesterday I think I saw one of the worst ones. Great job guys.
Beatbox AND rotors, top quality content right here.
A-fucking-plus ;-)
Very knowledgeable guys
With strong British accents lol
I gotta have tea and crumpets now
I missed so much during first couple mins just because of that guys accent lol I was here for the engine stuff anyhow. Loved the beatboxing intro for that part of the video
Agreed! Thought i understand well spoken English... what is sure is that these guys know what they are talking about
These guys are very Northern, even us brits sometimes have a problem understanding them 😂
That's interesting but a little daunting for some non native speakers.
I find it weird how people can’t understand something that I understand fully. It makes it even worse it’s an accent from the country where the worlds universal language is from.
Gotta love being British.
The editing of the dismantling is EPIC. BIG UP to whomever put in loads of hours into this!
Thank you for a great new series. Can't wait to see this beast rebuilt
Damn this guy is a legit Wankel expert! Impressive!
yea these guys really loves wanks
Would that make him a wanker?
he is doctor wankel
Saw the notifications
Run to the market in the snow
Buy some food
Came back quickly
Put it on tv
Sit on the couch
Perfect
Awesome, man :)
The rotary they’re giving away is dope asfff❤️💯
I’m digging all these communities shining light on rotaries engines again. The rebuilding care and all. Though I know most others prefer pistols engines the sound rotaries make are so awesome.
I would love to see Ethan’s reaction when the car spits fire in 2 guys one car
Funny seeing Alex next to two normally sized humans :-D
Hahaha I thought exactly the same. He doesn't look like a hobbit when he's on his own.
In awe at the size of these lads
Props to these guys for their sick work! Best job ever 🥰
Really love this episode, I've learned a lot from you guys!
Why do I want a rotary now after watching a video telling me they break in city driving? 😅
Because love knows no logic.
DrMikeOxgreen Because it is a lot of fun to drive these cars and if you take good care of it it is a reliable car.
Give it a good thrashing every so often - (A.K.A An Italian Tune Up!) - It’ll love it, and so will you!
I feel like I need english subtitles for this one...
Ye it does... I can't understand shit
clean your ears
same, i'm from france and i can understand american english pretty easily but those guys :o definetely need subtitles haha
learn some bloody proper english
If you struggle put the speed down a bit.
So glad you guys are doing a rotary series keep up the great work 🤙🏻
Most awesome! No having mine rebuilt now. Looking forward to watching the rebuild
I love how this seems to be the only YT Channel really doing budget builds, like real tuning without spending 9000£ on a sequential gearbox. I like it.
Would love to see some (classic) american muscle sometime.
More like simple but doable street tunes. But you are right this is great to see
I wouldn't expect american muscle cars in britain.
Glam Stachee British people love American sports cars though
@@rodgersb1248 No we don't, all noise and no go, not to mention such poor handling, sod that I'll take Euro or Japanese any day over it
Alex got some sick dance moves!
You know it!
Even this one will be better, just saying
th-cam.com/video/l5sIspLfmXM/w-d-xo.html
I really hope that the rebuild will turn out amazing I can’t wait to hear it
Looking forward to seeing the car back on the road and the rebuild, sadly had to sell my RX8 because of health problems, really miss it, yeah they get a bad rep but with some slight mods and looking after it, it's a great car and really fun to drive.
Loving this series and making me very nostalgic... owned an RX-8 for nearly 6 years as a daily... i sold it 3 years ago because because my commute increased. Luckily I sold it to a friend who has kept it going. Over 100k on the original 2004 engine now... why? Because of tips like premixing two stroke, using 10W40 and keeping the ignition system healthy. Mine also had a conversion to run the oil metering pump from a separate two stroke reservoir. The guys at Rotary Revs know their shit (I even fitted their D585 ignition coils to mine), so look no forward to seeing this rebuilt.
Ive had my rx8 for a couple months now. Took it away over the christmas holidays for its first long trip, ran smooth and did heaps of driving until i got about 500m from home on the way back. Bang!! No notice, just gone
:o
Yeah, they'll do that.
Compression test or anything inspected? If you can pull spark plugs and check etc I rarely have rotary probs
Yeah, rotary do that. it may run smooth but fuel gone too fast and don't have much power when that happen.
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Im super passionate on cars but don’t know much on rotaries, so thanks for all this info on what to look out for! Keep it up Car Throttle!
That looks like a great shop. It is always so cool to see how small those rotarys are
We need a BIG turbo on that bad boy
yeah I don't know if that's remotely possible if you want it to be reliable, rotary's with a turbo isn't the greatest idea. Especially a big one.
Then there’s a better reason to make it a 3-rotor 😁
Never seen a Rotary torn down that's crazy.
on hoonigan chanel there was a full rebuild of rotory
The positivity in this masterpeice is amazing as the sound of a 26b red lining.
Wow this series is really valiable, it is not easy to find dependable info about rotaries. And now this is the place good job :)
Would be nice to see a proper port for maximum braps....
For the rx8 engine? I want to see more on the r3 rx8 block that has a 3rd omp injection and those blocks ported and engine management properly...
Bridge port would perfect for this car
Never knew Alex is a Dwarf...
Love this channel, would love to see this thing go on the track once its done
can't wait for the engine rebuild.
That's some damn good beatboxing right there btw
Can't actually wait for the next one, I love seeing how rotaries are built because they're so unique in design when compared to traditional piston engines.
Made to look so easy...definitely shows the talent and experience had by the gentlemen who work on these rotary cars. I am learning so much about Rotary engines and surprised that Alex got a car without much rust! Congrats mate! Love to see some body mods with headlight restoration. Look forward to next video and Peace Out!
Awesome seeing more details about rotaries.
Subscribed! Loved the High Mileage series but this one hits close to home! Had an '05 RX-8 daily driver that was in the shop constantly near the end of it's life. Poor broke mid-20s me couldn't afford winter tires or a second car so I drove it through heavy Canadian winters with summer tires. Suffered from every single thing that could go wrong with the car. Clogged cat, fish bowl tail lights, seized rear calipers, failed secondary air valve, and finally... low compression. Sold it for pennies to some kid who wanted to turn it into something that belonged in the Fast and the Furious movies. Terribly unreliable vehicle, but it has a special place in my heart even after all these years. If I get that rotor, it would sit proudly in my garage as a reminder of good times!
Wow! Those guys are real profs! Watching them work is a joy.
Nice to see people really passionate about their work
Happy that I found this I just bought a mazda rx8. And I am fixing it too, and with this videos I learn alot, keep it going.
I really have to pay attention to understand what those guys are saying
more if u dont understand britts how do they talk
I am german, and for me its really hard to understand ;)
Jelian Ivanov are you English?
I’m Dutch and confused
I can follow but need to pay a bit more attention then usual.
I want to see these guys talk more about the engine and how to take care of them. There seem to be too much misconceptions around it and having some info from the pros would be great.
What you guys do impresses me as a guy that knew was wrong, and you made it a video.
Thanks for not doing a 'Wheeler Dealers' and ditching all the geeky tech talk! Thoroughly enjoyable and amazing camera work throughout.
At what point is it not a rebuild and just a replacement engine? All that can be reused is 1 iron and 1 rotor.
1 iron? This is not minecraft
@@Shazzkid hahahah 🤣🤣🤣🤣
What the point u seems to not understand that is FUN
prob is the rx8 engine. rx7 was 10x more reliable. The rx8 rotors didn't even come balanced.
I think this is my favourite CT episode. That strip down sequence was fantastic film making (props to the crew), and I learnt so much from the mechanics about rotaries. Well done everyone 👏 👏 👏
looks like a great series and they really seem to know their stuff
My son has an RX-8, this explains a lot of what I didn't know about the rotary engine. Can't wait to see the end result with the rebuilt engine. Thanks guys..
i like learning about these mysterious Dorito braap machines.
wtf is a "dorito braap"?
@@MegaToren the rotors are shaped like Dorito chips. "Braap" is the exhaust sound.
Rotary engines are so much more interesting in terms of design than a tradition engine. Shame the reliability just isn’t there. Look forward to the next episode of this build.
This was wonderful!!!! Thanks for this video with the Rotary opened!!!! Great!!!
Always been intrigued by these engines, nice to see a company do something different because they can!
The engine I have for my RX was built at RR, I am building a RX7 currently at the moment! great and informative video looking forward to watching the rebuild.
PS Can I have the trophy !
These guys are pretty hard to understand for me as a german :D Seems they seriously know what they are doing!
I‘m so excited you are doing a rotary! Can‘t wait for the upcoming videos😍
These guys are incredibly informative!
Awesome way to promote the garage and the guys as they truly do know there stuff after watching this.
Alex genuinely has the best job in the world, I would love to take cars like this and rebuild them to show their true potential! Some man Alex
Yeah true he's my idol😂
Even though I was only able to understand about half of what they were saying,I really liked the guys from the shop.
Music used when ripping out the engine: Dylan Sitts - Virtual Underworld
Music used when dismantlin the engine and diagnosing: Mhern - By the Harbor
Thanks!
Wow, love seeing guys who know what they're talking about 👌
Well since the engine in pretty bad condition why don't you consider swapping with 13B-rew from rx-7
Is the 13B more reliable and longer lived or does it have the same issues?
@@nakoma5 13B's are much better than the Renesis. They still need care, but they last much longer.
@@plav032 I never really see complaints of the 13B having a short life or self destructing like the Renesis, so I assumed it was a better engine. Which is strange, you would think the newest Rotary would be the best. I wonder what went wrong with its design compared to the 13B.
@@nakoma5 13B lasts longer for whatever the reason...
It's an older engine while the Renesis is newer so the latter ones should hold better but then again it keeps self-destructing while the 13B's doesn't... Which is odd. It's really common to see RX-8s without the Renesis and instead slapping a 13B in it as it gives them more power from the twin-turbos setup which also means tuning for them is easy plus it add reliability points against the hopeless Renesis.
@@MrLolx2u You guys do realize that the renesis is a 13B as well?
So I got a 1 out of 2.3 mil chance to win that "Ra'a"? Fml
so much knowledge! Love your work man.. I've learned so much thanks to you and your videos! I would love to see a guide how to choose the right e46 coupe and what to be aware of!