New Owner RX8
10-22-2018, 07:18 PM
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New Owner RX8
:Hell O , Just bought an RX8 ,only thing is the engine is spewing out blue smoke from exhaust , guy told me that it just had a starter problem ,Now what
Last edited by Rmazda8; 10-22-2018 at 07:25 PM.
10-22-2018, 07:28 PM
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need a lot more info. year mileage, trans, mods, cat or no, compression test results (which i hope you got)
10-22-2018, 07:42 PM
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the ownership says 06 ,he wrote on receipt 05 so not sure , compression is neg ,auto trans , mileage 187.000kms, not sue bout cat,dont believe mods but not sure
10-22-2018, 07:47 PM
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rotary is designed to burn oil and if catless it will have a pretty smelly dark exhaust. what do you mean by compression is neg? cant pin this down without more info. can you post a video? a pic of the engine will tell us if its on 05 or 06 because the 04/05 had a 4 port motor with the auto trans, the 06+autos had a 6 port motor
10-22-2018, 07:52 PM
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compression not done , didn't have it done prior to purchase, but the smoke is a lot like blown engine smoke ,will tr to get picture give me 15 mins
10-22-2018, 07:54 PM
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get a pic of the engine, the black upper intake manifold
10-22-2018, 08:09 PM
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the icon in the post reply part its a square with mountains to the left of the emoji face
10-22-2018, 08:19 PM
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no its instant
10-22-2018, 08:25 PM
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thats a 6 port motor, being an automatic trans that means its on 06 or newer
10-22-2018, 08:29 PM
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that engine bay looks like ****, im guessing your from canada (snow/salt) of an island by salt water. plus you said km instead of miles correct?
10-22-2018, 08:33 PM
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can you check if theres a cat? if its there and not a mid pipe can you disconnect it to make sure its not knocked out? again that will cause a much darker exhaust and it will smell. however with the high miles you should really have gotten a comp test. it could be oil control rings but thats not as common