Myke Litorus

The 8 that i have has no record of being wrecked that ive seen and i didnt buy it from anybody named jimmy.
It was a whole car when i bought it lol and it was outside of OKC

ndkshns

Post up some pics of your 8 Myke,

If your interested the NE Ok group can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/NEORx/

The OKC group can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/OKRotary/

Most meets are posted up there

Myke Litorus

I am a member of both of those pages already and i dont have many pics of my 8 because i havent had it for very long and it was kinda beat up when i got it so im waiting untill i can afford to fix all the little "blemishes" that it has before i start posting pics of it.

renesisjim

iTrader: (3)

Date: February 23rd
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Mohawk Park

NEORx cookout. Come and hang out with some local rotards. Hope to see some new faces

UncleDeadley

Hi, I have been reading and can't find details about this Carlos fellow who can properly work on RX-8s. I am looking at buying one would love to have him do a prepurchase inspection. Could some one please post contact info for him and/or the name of the shop? Thanks!

renesisjim

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I sent you a pm with contact info.

UncleDeadley

Thank you renesisjim and james for getting back to me about Carlos!

I called Carlos this morning and he said he was on vacation for the next two weeks, so he couldn't see the car. However, he did say so long as I get the car get hot, 10 or 15 minutes driving, and then turn it off and restart it, I can check if the motor is healthy. Quick/normal start is good, hard/no start is bad.

So, I was driving the car today, to home and back to the dealer. Had no problems with getting the engine to start up after all the driving- good 1/2 hour or so. However, the low coolant light went on and off 2 or three times. Is this something to worry about/dissuade me from buying this car?

alexzt111

This is a common issue for early years model. No harm for driving just the leveling sensor in the overflow tank went out. search "coolant light" in the forum and u can find details about it. Replace the tank with or without a sensor (depends on models) and u r done.

renesisjim

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I have a tank with sensor if you need one. I'll sell it for $40. They are 180 new

UncleDeadley

So, I went back and checked the coolant level this morning, since I didn't know that it was the coolant light until after I got home and did some searching yesterday. Dealer said he hadn't had time for his guys to get at it yet. He let me go look and coolant level was 1/4 to 1/2 inch ovder the Full mark. This points to a bad sensor, as you had surmised. I took the cap off and looked inside the reservoir, there was swirly sheen/film on the surface, but not really rainbow color like oily driveway in the rain. Is that normal, or does this seem like oil getting into the coolant because a seal/gasket has failed?

I really appreciate your help!

Matt Crouch

Any 8s still alive out there? I know T town roads are sheit but surely some of you survived 😅

Matt Crouch

Any 8s still alive out there? I know T town roads are sheit but surely some of you survived 😅

dmp

Mine will be in OKC in a couple months...may be just a couple left between the two cities