Helghast7

really your best bet is to change the said gasket and see if it goes away

and why am i not getting updates for this page???

i swear everytime i come here like 6 posts have gone by

dorayee

Hey RIWWP & Helghast7

Well update on my car, I took the car the new local mech and let it there for 2 days, Got a call from him today and not a good news at all, He said I have a very very high chance to rebuild my engine since He could not exactly pin point the spot on where the vacuum leak might be at. Any idea???

Before that I drove the car on Sunday and also Monday, on Sunday the engine sign was on but no more blink, On monday the engine sign was GONE and On Wed I drove the car to drop it off to his shop also no engine sign, I also drove it hard on that day I can rev rpm to 7000rpms no experiences of powerloss or engine shutter or anything (I also put it in manual mode and use '2' to rev up and down, engine seems ok) BUT !! when i arrived at the shop drive way i stopped the car and the rpms dropped and dropped less than 750rpms and it stalled and engine shut down. I didn't try to start it again. just let him know and i went home. Any idea??? Pls help!!!

dorayee

Hey RIWWP & Helghast7

Need you two comments or others ASAP !!!!!!!!!

Well as I said, the new mechanic said he couldn't fix it, he said I will need to rebuild the engine. So I went to see him to pick up the car this Monday, BUT the car couldn't start at all !!! he pulled out the jump start battery to start also didn't work, it even broke his battery jump start. So Now the car is at the shop, I called him yest and today he said he did try again but it still won't start. He said RX8 doesn't like cold, he will bring it inside the shop over nite and try start in the morning, BUT i think it's BS !!!! and I don't know what or How to do next!, I think he flooded the car badly and it may need new spark plugs (i just replaced them 5 weeks ago).

When I asked him about flooding, he said he did pull out the plugs and they all dried and clean but I think also BS!!!! since I sneaked to his shop tonite (now 1am) and the car is outside with the snow coming today.

Any idea what or how to proceed to the next step!
I just need the car to be a previous condition (drivable but with caution) so that I will be able to sell it or drive to KDRotary !!!!

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Thanks

RIWWP

iTrader: (2)

"No start" could be alot of things. We really need to know what happened and what didn't happened, as specifically as possible, when you attempted to start the 8. It can quite quickly pinpoint what is or isn't the problem.

dorayee

Oh well, I didn't know or trust what he said, He said on Friday he tested drive the car and it stalled once when he made a turn at the stop sign, but he could start it up right after. So this passing Monday I went to pick up the car and I asked him to see if we have any CEL code left, so he jumped the machine and try to start the car, it's just won't start, you can hear the cak-cak-cak sounds but the engine just not starting, so he tried with his battery jump start but still nope couldn't. Car still park at his shop. any idea ?

RIWWP

iTrader: (2)

So that sounds like the engine was turning over, which means it probably isn't the battery, starter, or alternator. So that generally means ignition. Ignition could be plugs, coils, wires, as discussed previously in this thread. That doesn't mean they are bad, but not firing. Close, but 2 different things.

This could certainly be flooding. Generally the plugs do get wet, but not always obviously.

dorayee

Hey ............

The car still could not start !! it made sounds kat-kat-kat ..... I got all new plugs, IG coils, Wires, and the mechanics also said the plugs are dried when he pulled them out. Any idea??? Would a bad motor contribute to not be able to start the car at all???

Really Need help pls!!! Thanks

adamci24

iTrader: (2)

Whatever happened with this car? My car does the exact same thing...low idle, stall, won't start for awhile. I also have p2096 system too lean code...basically the exact same problems here. I replaced plugs, wires, coils, cleaned maf, and compression test passed.

BG-8

^^^ if you have all those things fixed/replaced, mentioned above, and no luck.... I would focus on the Fuel Pump.