I think my 8 is dead
 

well i was driving home from buying food today and had to have my car towed!!:icon_no2:

As i gave her some gas all of a sudden she made this funny lurching motion, a strange noise came from the engine and she stalled. Couldnt get it restarted, i managed to coast off on a side street.

Tried again to start the car and the starter cant even get the engine to turn over (and its not the starter because i could hear it straining). I think my engine just seized up on me!:Eyecrazy:

She was just in for an oil change Saturday morning, and everything was running well, but i thought she had a slightly strange sound at idle for the last two weeks or so...

Had to get roadside assistance to tow her to the nearest dealership, so now i have to wait till tomorrow for Oakville Mazda to let me know my babies fate....:icon_no2:

please keep us update, good luck on your engine, btw you still under warranty?

Man that sucks. It's rare for an engine to completely seize. The only time I've heard of it with a rotary was from a faulty engine rebuild. I would suggest you attempt to crank it over with a socket, but you obviously don't have the car.

The oil level light should have gone off if the oil change wasn't done properly and there wasn't enough oil. Oil injector failure doesn't cause the engine to seize (guess how I know). Essentially you need the bearings to be starved of oil.

As I wrote the above and thought about it, I think that it's not seized and it's something else. It's just very unlikely.

We will see, oil level was fine, and the oil pressure was right where it should be. Will keep you posted on what i hear...

She only has 58k km on her and i have the extended bumper to bumper warranty as well

That sucks man!! Should be under warranty keep us posted!!

Hey Kevin, that really sucks. Thankfully you are fully covered as far as warranty is concerned.

Man that sucks. I hope it is ok.

Now, have you ever had it out on a track recently???? lol, just messing with you.

yo, that's a good news at least you got it warranty, if it dies you can probably get a new engine shipped from japan, but it takes a week to get your car back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvSuf...eature=related

is it sounds like that?

Blame the ppl that did your oil change lol jk

all the best homie!

I hope it works out! Let us know.

Any word yet from Oakville Mazda Yet?
Sounds strange when the starter can't turn over the motor.
Good luck regardless with it.
Railton

Last i heard from them was early thjis morning, they had just moved it into the shop... And i'm going out of town this weekend so i wont know whats going on untill Tuesday, unless i hear something soon..

Hopefully you get some news soon. :(

Hope all goes well! For it to happen so close to a long weekend is erring!

Well just got the call, im offialy joining the warranty replaced new engine club!!!

Mazda Canada just approved a new engine for my car. Don't know what happened to mine and don't have an eta on the new one until next week....

Oh well off to a cottage now to get silly drunk and mourn my first engine.

Im crying for you kevin. that really sux. Its not often that rotarys seize up like that...they usually go out with a wimper. lol.

My condolences AND Congrats to your BRAND NEW / rebuild in US engine!

I know your away this weekend but my condolences on your loss, hope the resurrection is swift in coming.

oh yeah, i forgot there is actually an upside to our engines dying. lol. so those tears i cried for you are tears of joy kevin. lucky you are away this weekend anyways, so its not like you are loosing out on the car at least for this weekend.

now this got me worried..... picking my 8 tomorrow. I hope that will never happen to me....

As long as it happen before 160,000km/ 8 year :)

Still, its a pretty rare case of out-right death...they may even send ppl from japan for "autopsy"!

Good luck with the 8 Kevin. Try to enjoy the weekend and let us know on Tuesday. Thanks again for hosting and helping me out last weekend.

Hey RXSmooth, I'm surprised we haven't met yet. You apparently live up the street from me. We should meet up at Timmies at Neyagawa and Dundas. Up for it?

Kevin, not so bad, getting a new engine with about 60k on your old one. Kinda scary though how that can help without any real forewarning...

yeah that is scary... I'm at 40k now, and I'm sure Kevin does all of his oil changes, top-ups regularily... seems like no amount of preventive maintenance stopped his engine from dying :(

*sigh*...