whydo you want a manual? If its to check if it tells you not to premix then fair enough but I cant imagine it saying anythig one way or another. If its to see if you can do the change over yourself or check it yourself, then I personally wouldnt recommend it as you need to take apart the fuel tank.

Give Simon at ProMaz (www.promaz.com.au) a call. When I spoke to him about another member talking $500 to do the change he said he could do better with a better pump than the OEM one.

 

ohh and https://www.rx8club.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=759

 

No no ... I was thinking if it was $500 I'll do it myself.

 

If it was me, I wouldnt be confident playing with my fuel tank.

 

Bah, I've done plenty of other things myself ... playing with petrol pumps & stuff is easy.

Just the smell of petrol stays with you for a few days ... kind of annoying but nothing a liberal amount of cologne won't cover up And it doesn't smell any where near as bad as gear oil! The smell of that stuff makes me want to barf!

 

Its not the doing that worries me as I happily do my own pads, gutting and cleaning my engine bay and next oil change I will be doing myself, its more playing with fuel tanks!

Just remember that the $500 is for an installed replacement. The pump itself is $300 odd dolars (I think).

 

lol...you funny girl!!! I was actually more worried about driving next to him on a cruise and his car blowing up joking!

 

Just like Button did on Saturday. Fireball!!!



I like fire :D

 

No ... I just like fire!

 

 

speaking of GP, has anyone got an electronic copy of the pic from the front page of the Herald Sun with Coulthard flying over someone?

 

Not sure if this is the one (I read The Age) ... but here's a good one!

 

I just found another one ...

 

You can muck around with anything else except for anything that is flammable. Better to get the service centre to do the repair than seeing something go up in a huge fireball. You can DIY the fuel pump yourself, but you also need a tool to remove the sealant cap to get access to the fuel pump. Without that tool, getting that seal removed can only be done in a destructive way. Ohhh, if you forget to remove the battery while disconnecting the electrical wiring to the fuel pump motor, things might get a little hot!.

As for cost, fuel pump is $367. The price of getting it replaced including labour from the service department is $500. It would've been cheaper to get the sock filter replaced, however, the whole fuel pump unit has to be replaced. Mazda did not make a sock filter for the RX8's fuel pump.

My advice, bite the bullet and just pay $500.

 

Photo's are AWESOME!

astro, were you agreeing with me that playing with fuel pump = kaboom?

 

Totally agree with you auzoom with fuel tank vapour going kaboom!. AS you have mentioned, you can muck around with everything else, BUT not the fuel tank or anything to do with handling raw fuel. Too risky, leave that to the service dudes/dudettes.

 

Bloody good advice Astro.

 

nice one astro. I am not about to burn myself.

Cromax, nice pics. I am sure I will not be happy at all with DC if I were A Wurz (it was Wurz, right? in the BMW)

 

I drive my car sensibly.

When its safe i give it a boot.

When its wet and i need to get around a wide corner, DSC comes off, and fun times begin.

 

Normal driving
Shift around 4K sometimes 5K, drive safely
In the back twisty roads (I'm always their lol) Shift around 6K 1st gear, redline or between 8-9K all the gears I get up to accordingly, still drive safely just fast as hell through some crazy corners lol
Keep DSC on most of the time, unless I just wanna have some fun with the rubber...