RX8s, when did the GEN 2s get soo cheap?

I would buy it off you but NC is a little far away from me to make this sensible.

rotard wrote: No, all you have to do is hold the pedal to the floor to turn off the fuel pump and crank the car for a bit to clear it. My car got flooded when my family members kept trying to start it with a weak battery when I was deployed. Other than that, it never had an issue until the low compression showed up around 60k miles. Mazda replaced it with no questions asked.

I thought that didn't work on RX-8s because of the lack of peripheral exhaust, so the fuel couldn't get blown out.

One of my dealer friends said you can fix the low compression with new coils. He didn't quite understand the voodoo either, but you could see a low compression engine come back up to acceptable just by putting the updated coils on it.

Knurled wrote:

rotard wrote: No, all you have to do is hold the pedal to the floor to turn off the fuel pump and crank the car for a bit to clear it. My car got flooded when my family members kept trying to start it with a weak battery when I was deployed. Other than that, it never had an issue until the low compression showed up around 60k miles. Mazda replaced it with no questions asked.

I thought that didn't work on RX-8s because of the lack of peripheral exhaust, so the fuel couldn't get blown out. One of my dealer friends said you can fix the low compression with new coils. He didn't quite understand the voodoo either, but you could see a low compression engine come back up to acceptable just by putting the updated coils on it.

but but but, the ignition coils have nothing to do with a compression test. However the coils are known to fail and the failed coils act a lot like a motor with low compression.

rotard wrote:

Cotton wrote:

Harvey wrote: Just make sure it has good compression first off. Then make sure not to turn off the car before it warms up, because you will likely flood it. If you do flood it, don't try to clear it yourself, just have it taken to the dealer and let them clean it up. Add oil when it needs it and every so often take it to 9000rpm to keep the motor happy. Replace plugs and coils at scheduled intervals. If you do all that you can enjoy 18mpg no matter how conservatively you drive it.

no E36 M3? you really need to take it to the dealer if you flood it?

No, all you have to do is hold the pedal to the floor to turn off the fuel pump and crank the car for a bit to clear it. My car got flooded when my family members kept trying to start it with a weak battery when I was deployed. Other than that, it never had an issue until the low compression showed up around 60k miles. Mazda replaced it with no questions asked.

That's not flooded. My wife moved the car in 30 degree weather from one side of the driveway to another. It would not start with the pedal to the floor. I had to pull the fuel pump fuse and disconnect the air pump and crank it for a while to clear the fuel, then you replace the fuse and if all the fuel is cleared it starts. You stand on it a bit and all the unburned fuel clears out. After it finally started it ran like crap and I took it to the dealer and they had to clean out something which I didn't pay attention to because I was so annoyed with the whole thing. I think the plugs were fouled and there was some other issue.

Lesson learned, warm it up.

Leafy wrote:

Knurled wrote:

rotard wrote: No, all you have to do is hold the pedal to the floor to turn off the fuel pump and crank the car for a bit to clear it. My car got flooded when my family members kept trying to start it with a weak battery when I was deployed. Other than that, it never had an issue until the low compression showed up around 60k miles. Mazda replaced it with no questions asked.

I thought that didn't work on RX-8s because of the lack of peripheral exhaust, so the fuel couldn't get blown out. One of my dealer friends said you can fix the low compression with new coils. He didn't quite understand the voodoo either, but you could see a low compression engine come back up to acceptable just by putting the updated coils on it.

but but but, the ignition coils have nothing to do with a compression test. However the coils are known to fail and the failed coils act a lot like a motor with low compression.

This was "we would do a compression test on an engine and it would be way below spec, Mazda says put new coils in it and run it, we do that and it will test back in spec again."

In reply to Harvey:

And thank you for reminding me why I cannot buy a RX8. This would happen to me once a week if I owned that car.

If you wait until the temp gauge starts to move before shutting it down it is good enough, but that can take a while in cold weather if you are just moving the thing in the driveway.

On the 2nd gen cars, there are 3 stages (rev. limits) on the tach. 5k, 7k, and 9k RPM. Owners manual says to wait until 5k bar goes out before shutting down. I've also done rev at 3k for 10 seconds and shut down without issues before.