Hi bros,

Just a damn newbie question, tried searching for issues on idiling, but did not find a similar problem.

Just collected my car last Friday... Still running in the engine...

When i start the car up early in the morning, idiling goes up immediately to abt 2000+ rpm before dropping to abt 1000+rpm... is this normal?

After its warmed up, its fine, just that the engine sounds higher pitched after initial ignition... would appreciate some advice on this... thx!

 

sounds fine to me. mine does the same

 

Perfectly fine. Warming up the engine. Fret not.

King105

 

I got that too. idling goes up to 2000rpm then goes down. This only happens when the car engine is cold. Once warmed up, its ok.

 

Thx alot bros... that sure puts my mind at ease!

 

same here... just dont whack ur engine too hard before its properly warmed up... at least thats what i try to do...

 

its normal bro
dun be too alarmed .....sometimes if u warm up long enough , u might even smell some burning smell....

new car syndrome ...its like that

 

its very normal lah...happens to me from day 1 til now...I think its due to the cold
start if i'm not wrong? Shld be some kind of auto choke or something...

As for the high pitch sound...bro, I think u juz hear the roar of the rotary...n the
myth is that it sound even better at 9000rpm...
heehee...

 

Yup, as wat everyone has said- its perfectly normal for the RPM to go up higher than normal when you engine is cold. My other cars do the say thing as well, not just the RX8.

 

Yup, normal. I always let it stabilize at below 1,000rpm(900-850rpm) before driving off in the morning.

 

Many thx to everyone! Hope to see u guys this Sunday!

 

initial idling at 2000 rpm is too high even 4 a cold engine....

 

It does go up to 2000 rpm but only for a short while but you should be looking at bout 10-15 seconds max before rpm drops back to normal.

"Info is based on SINGAPORE weather and having left the car for about 10-12 hours"

 

cold mornings, mine goes up to abt 1800, 10 secs later 1200, couple of mins later 850+. It's normal

 

it is very normal except it is abit louder than a normal car....sound like some kind of echo in a concrete wall rite...rotary lah