rx8 auto vibration
12-30-2005, 01:04 AM
#2
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 12
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
First check your idling speed, typically if the engine vibrates is due to low idling speed..You might want to then go to your work shop to get it tuned higher.
If this is not the problem, u can go to Garage R at Tagore lane as they are good with 8...
If this is not the problem, u can go to Garage R at Tagore lane as they are good with 8...
12-30-2005, 01:10 AM
#3
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Posts: 170
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i noticed that my idlin speed drops when it starts to vibrate or either it drops thats why it vibrates. after driving around town for awhile, the vibration stops and it will idle steadily. and i noticed that the fan turns on and off periodically. is that normal? thanks for the recommendation!
Last edited by rayshaw23; 12-30-2005 at 01:14 AM.
12-30-2005, 05:55 AM
#6
THE GREAT WHITE
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 825
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by rayshaw23
i noticed that my idlin speed drops when it starts to vibrate or either it drops thats why it vibrates. after driving around town for awhile, the vibration stops and it will idle steadily. and i noticed that the fan turns on and off periodically. is that normal? thanks for the recommendation!
01-01-2006, 10:21 AM
#9
aka Spectre
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,203
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
MBM. They quoted me $4k for a replica Ings kit and later "reduced" it to 3.2k. If i took it up i might as well change my name to robert .
If you really must go there to do anything; remember to ask them not to wash your car. They just dump the car sponge on the floor; my car got its first swirl marks there. I took great car in changing my sponge every couple wash and it still got swirls thanks to them.
Work wise; gets job done but not very pro imo.
If you really must go there to do anything; remember to ask them not to wash your car. They just dump the car sponge on the floor; my car got its first swirl marks there. I took great car in changing my sponge every couple wash and it still got swirls thanks to them.
Work wise; gets job done but not very pro imo.
01-02-2006, 02:15 AM
#10
vroom vroom
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: east side
Posts: 280
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by rayshaw23
stock to the bone. heh....
will try MBM. hope it works.... i guess its only my car thats giving me this problem =(
will try MBM. hope it works.... i guess its only my car thats giving me this problem =(
run by kelvin and chris?
01-04-2006, 11:54 PM
#11
Heavy Machinery Operator
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore (East)
Posts: 1,603
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Emperor
MBM. They quoted me $4k for a replica Ings kit and later "reduced" it to 3.2k.
01-05-2006, 12:26 AM
#12
SC 300HP!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Singapore, North-east
Posts: 3,182
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by sqflyer
I wouldn't pay $3.2K for a replica Ings kit. Pay so much, might as well get the original one.
01-08-2006, 05:02 AM
#16
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 112
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
coupe....same prob.
temperamental idle. happy...idle higher. not happy...idle at 700...better than massage chair.
MBM was my PI workshop...stopped going there ever since 2nd service. Lots of bull there....
temperamental idle. happy...idle higher. not happy...idle at 700...better than massage chair.
MBM was my PI workshop...stopped going there ever since 2nd service. Lots of bull there....
01-09-2006, 01:47 PM
#19
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Posts: 170
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
WooHoo! its massage-no-more.... at least for the time being. went to MBM to solve my problem and i tink they have done a pretty good job, well, at least it aint vibrating everytime i stop at the traffic junction.
01-10-2006, 01:14 AM
#21
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Posts: 170
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
okay, they seem to have done this before. the mechanic told me that there is this thing sticking out of the engine mounting that is hitting against something and that cause the vibration. so what they did was to cut it off. they said it was useless anyway. they also said that if you want that thing to come back, i just have to order another new engine mount and they thing will come back together with the new engine mount.
do i sound coherent?
do i sound coherent?
01-10-2006, 04:32 AM
#22
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Eastern Singapore
Posts: 216
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by rayshaw23
do i sound coherent?
Last edited by dru8999; 01-10-2006 at 04:49 AM.
01-10-2006, 05:11 AM
#23
Registered
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Posts: 170
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
well, it took me just one afternoon. went there around 1. got it back around 6. the mechanic says it is part of the engine mount. but hey, i know some of u guys might want to try it out. i just want to say that it is at ur own risk kay? it works for me but it might not work for u. i did mine at MBM and on top of that, since my servicing was approching, i did some servicing too like changing of engine oil and stuffs. so.... try at ur own risk ya? and good luck!
01-10-2006, 05:17 AM
#24
Black Ace
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Singapore (EAST)
Posts: 841
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hmmm, many of us have tried changing the engine mounts which come in a pair. Initial result was no more vibration but after a couple months the vibration is back but not so bad as the original that came with the car.
Looking at the mounts, they do not have anything sticking out leh...Pretty solid shape like a small pear....
I am quite lost here......Anyone wif me? Smell something fishy.....
Next quesiton, did they charge u anything for cutting off the thing sticking out?
Looking at the mounts, they do not have anything sticking out leh...Pretty solid shape like a small pear....
I am quite lost here......Anyone wif me? Smell something fishy.....
Next quesiton, did they charge u anything for cutting off the thing sticking out?