Hey i got a CEL tonight i dont no if its suttin i did or not but. i floored it went into second redlined it and when i switched to 3rd real fast it like stalled up for a sec but it then it kept going i did 135mphs and the car got hot inside. but the light came on after i started it up again 3 hours later any ideas?

Damn can anyone help me out here? I mean listen i love this F'in car and i do honeslty get on it a lot but i can't help my self. It was really weird that when i went to go switch from 2nd to 3rd it like lagged out or something took like half sec to getback to normal then i was off and i wanted to see how high i could get it up too till i hit 135 and noticed it was getting real hot in the car. IDK i def will be calling mazda tom morning but im just nervous, this car is my baby man.

Code Reader;

The car was likely hot due to the AC turning off during acceleration (ahem.... in Hawaii).

Can go to any autozone to get the code read for free or get a Dashhawk; Scan Gauge to do it yourself.

Likely, a misfire - but who knows; that is why you get the code.

ok here comes the most stupidest thing u can ever possibly hear and i could shoot myself for this. my car was low on oil a couple months ago and i was reading the manual and i mis read what kinda oil i needed for the engine and got transmisson fluid and poured it in the engine. Anyways ya retard here but i was in a rush just got my rx8 a couple months ago and i thought for some fucked up reason that the oil would be diffrent for a rotory i dont no so ya i did that. and realized it like hours later but i drove the car for not even 3 mins while i did it. but it did sit in the car for abot 5 hours. got home drove it to an speedy oil they did a flush on it told me it was all set. do u think they were right or am i paying for it now? i mean i did what mazda said cause i called them and thatswhat they told me to do so idk man kill me

Probably not the end of the world; but seriously; come back with a code and you will have help for DAYS!

Over the standard; plugs, coils, wires, gas cap stuff; there isn't much anyone can do unless we know more info.

thanks man. look at my title i meant to pust can u help not can i help lol wow i need to go to bed wtf lol

and our help to you was to go get the code and come back here, once we know what caused the code, we can help diagnse and fix the problem.... for all we know, youre low on power steering fluid... :eyetwitch

changed the title for you;) i notice that you posted at 12:40 AM my time on the west coast which means it was 3:40 am in New Bedford- so thats prolly why you didnt get any response ya know;)

so anyway what you have there is probably a misfire. sounds like you hit the wall at redline as you shifted.

i wonder if you got gas on the way home before this happened? because you mention that the light came on AFTER it was sitting for 3 hours.

Thanks fellas i appreciate this. I have an appt. with mazda tom morning.

What the hell, u pour Tranny oil into ur engine ? ..... Even u misread the manual, the Tranny oil bottle should tell say something like *TRANSMISSION OIL* somewhere ...

if I were u, I will just flush that crap like 10 times b4 I will take it out ...

75w90 oil is about the same as engine oil's flow rate 5w30 or 40 (I think). but the detergents and additives are completely different.

I bet you had a misfire. You just need to reset the ECU.

Read the sickies in the tech section.

I would change the oil agin to get that crap out.

holy hell, transmission fluid into the motor?!

i wonder if you got gas on the way home before this happened? because you mention that the light came on AFTER it was sitting for 3 hours.

please answer ^^

come to find out i blew something in the fuel tank like a fuel cap or something busted so they replaced it. Thanks for everything to those of u who helped me.
For those of u who criticised me for the tranny fluid. Like i said i was in a rush read the manual wrong thought maybe a rotorary engine needed some crazy sorta oil. ya i fucked up shoot me but it will never happen again lol. my car is running great now thanks again

notice that your post is a positive answer to my inquiry?:) i might have to switch my name to Sherlock Holmes