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▲ 28 r/RX7

Looking for help with issues after replacing front cover gasket (‘87 FC base)

Hello! I’m very new to working on these cars and recently replaced a bad front cover gasket. The car was running great before the work just with a real bad oil leak. After putting it all back together there are way more vibrations, a surging idle, and a ticking noise (see video). As far as I can tell the ticking noise is coming from the air pump which looks to be rubbing up against a part of the block due to the vibrations. I have also not been able to confirm the water pump/thermostat is working correctly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I’m just kind of at a loss for diagnosing the problems.

u/PMmeifyourefeelinsad — 3 days ago