Georgi Semirov

Hello everyone.1st,thank you for taking your time for reading this and trying to help me and my 8.
Now,to the point...I needed to drive a friend to the airport,its 40km away from my home and we were hurying to catch the flight.We had about 10km and 20minutes left,but my RX 8 started to heat up idk why..i brought her from the UK to Bulgaria,3100km without any issues..Anyway after the car started heating i had about 5km to get to the airport and i decided to get there 1st and then to leave the car heat down and then check it out.But things didnt turn that way,the rx 8 turned off suddenly and didnt wanted to start again for 20-30mins.After that it started but it got heated again so i decided to tow her back at home.
Now she is just staying in my house and idk what to do,some say the engine overheated and i need to replace it but i want to start it up 1st.Is it posibblr that the engine hasnt overheated?
If any1 got the time to answer some of my questions please send me a friend request in Fb: facebook/com/Ziam20KaZa10Lea so we can try and start it up.
Note: i have a little oil leaking from down the carter and my spark plugs had water in them when i removed them.
If somebody can please add me to facebook or explain here how can i start it up etc i would be thanksful and i will even make a payment to the person that helps me getting her started.
Note 2: The car can start if some1 pushes me and i put in 2nd gear and turn the key,but i need to keep her at RPMs otherwise it turns off again.

furansu

Sounds like blown coolant seals. Symptoms include overheating, hard starts, white smoke from the exhaust, and water in the combustion chamber/on the spark plugs. You can verify by checking for bubbling in the coolant tank from combustion gases, oil/water mix in either the oil sump or coolant bottle, by performing a pressure test of the cooling system, or compression test of the engine. Be aware that you may experience variations in symptoms depending upon how severe and where the coolant seal is broken.

My car had blown coolant seals due to an overheat (cracked coolant bottle), and it didn't exhibit all or even several of the symptoms. I experienced hard/no start due to water in the combustion chamber/on spark plugs, pressurization of coolant system from combustion gases, and overheating due to the air pockets introduced to the coolant system. I first noted the coolant system pressure back-feeding into the combustion chamber, providing the faint sound of water running with the spark plugs removed.

The only solution is a rebuild or engine replacement.

thebubbadog

They only best thing you can do to try to start the car is take the spark plugs out and take the fuel pump fuse out and crank it over to get all of the water out and put the spark plugs back in with the fuse and try to start it again but from how it sounds it sounds like you'll need a new engine.

UnknownJinX

You should have stopped when you notice the water temp gauge move. Coolant seals aren't head gaskets.

Sounds like you are done at this point. You will need another engine and fix whatever causing it to overheat.

Okki-Jakarta

I would suggest :
1. check if the coolant from ur reservoir tank gone?
2. If it's all gone and there's no water/coolant leaks, try checking ur dipstick, is it super milky?
3. if yes, most probably ur waterseals/jacket around the rotor housings is blown, that definitely needs a rebuild and a new housing.

Now she is just staying in my house and idk what to do,some say the engine overheated and i need to replace it but i want to start it up 1st.Is it posibblr that the engine hasnt overheated?
if the temp gauge moved, most probably u overheated the engine.

Just my 2cents