Hi all,

Thought you might be interested in a recent adventure. After the last time I filled my '8 I noticed a dip in power about 3500 rpm. Worse than that at times putting the foot down at about that RPM up a hill resulted in no acceleration at all until I punched down a gear. My initial thought was bad fuel. It seemed to settle down again though and only happened infrequently. So ran the fuel down and put in some BP Ultimate... problem still there.

Time to check the plugs. Well that was it. Check out the photo of one of the plugs on the rear rotor.



A hit with a bit of sandpaper and she's much better. Idle is much smoother now and a problem with a bit of hesitation when taking off is gone (I had suspected engine mounts).

A learning experience and an easy fix

Cheers

sco

 

just for fun. you might check the underside of your coils.

how many miles or kmeters??? the usa plugs are dead at 25k miles..

do you guys have b&g 44 k??? works wonders..

btw.. how is the red scanalizer color coming???

keep up the great work..

beers

 

sco

Did you happen to take the tip/electrode end of the plug?

 

Probably an idea. Only one plug was affected. Not sure why it was?

I can't remember if both sets were changed as part of the start motor recall. If they were... 10000 kms. If not, 30000 kms.

That bit is done. Still solving other problems before I can release.

Cheers

sco

 

No, sorry. They were not as bad as either of the two you pictured here:
https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...48&postcount=1

All had a consistent thin brown coating with no sign of any serious buildup or damage.

 

Interesting. Thanks