hey guys/gals new to this site from the STL i have an 05 rx8 with 72xxx daily driver backed out of garage yesterday and let it sit out all night <witch i have never done> went to drive it today and it would not start cranks but wont fire i had bought plugs for it awhile back but never got the time to install them pushed it in the garage tonight replace the plugs but it still wont run have never had a problem with it flooding befor tho latly it seamed that it had been cranking longer befor it stated but just like 5 seconds witch is what lead be to get the plugs for it any help would be helpful befor i have to send it to the dealer thanks joe

 

Do a deflood procedure. Have you changed the coils and wires yet? Is STL..St. Louis?

 

i did change the plugs im looking for the deflooding procedure now in the manual no coils or wires yet and yes its st louis

 

deflood its really simple might take a few trys but it works i had to do it a few times

 

well if you still cant get it running by wednesday morning I can come help take a look at it where in STL are you?

 

ok i have done the deflooding aobut 8-10 times not got it to kinda spudder the last 2 times but going to let the stater cool for a few

 

well i hope to get it going tonight or have it towed to dealer in the am but i will keep that in minn thanks im on the ill side in collinsville aobut 10 min from the arch


im a diesel tech for volvo and cummins and a mini trucker realy dont know much about these cars

 

Damn... its a completely different world... whew from a Diesel to a Rotary...

 

yah i ahd a toyota tacoma xrunner with the 6spd wanted somthing different so i found this thing and so far im happy with it havea few things fixxed under warrenty befor but never any big problems

 

yea sorry got a ton of **** due in this first half of the week for school so if you dont have any luck Ill make a house call

 

no its cool i understand that looking in to the coils and wires now hate to take it to the dealer for something i can do but it looks like its aobut 450 bucks to for parts dealer will want 1 hr to diag it and 2-3 to fix it if its that

 

ok did the deflooding aobut 10 times had a good battery charger on it for the last 3 hrs i have been messing with it pushed it out and hood it to my 2500 hd got it to crank faster and got it to run going to get a new battery in the am that has more cca aka more *** that seemed to play a big part in stating it this time so looks like a may have avoided a tow to the dealer this time but seems that every one is doing coils and wires near 80 k what brand are you guys using staying with mazda or going after market and i done mean auto junk haha thanks guys

 

Stick with OEM, the RX-8 is a completely different type of car so the rules to a normal car (tons of different types of spark plugs etc.) does not apply to this car. So stick with OEM or get BHR's ignition system with a set of new OEM Mazda spark plugs... http://blackhaloracing.com/

 

yeah I have the oem NGK sparks with BHR igntion system its worked really nicely for me so far

 

Yes look around you can get all OEM for $250-300(I paid $256) and install in an hour. The dealer will want 6-7 hundred.