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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 07:18 PM
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: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

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Old Oct 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)
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Old Oct 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
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Old Oct 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
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Old Oct 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
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 07:54 PM
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get a pic of the engine, the black upper intake manifold
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:06 PM
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ok have pic not sure how to post here
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Old Oct 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
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:11 PM
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:14 PM
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ok just posted does it take awhile to transfer here
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:16 PM
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posted it here but don't see it yet
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:19 PM
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no its instant
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:21 PM
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try again, its in the ALBUMS but not sure how to post ,will keep trying ,thanks
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try this
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:23 PM
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ok hows this
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:23 PM
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need more let me know
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Old Oct 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
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:27 PM
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Good I hope
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:28 PM
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I sat in car feels well made in interior
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Old Oct 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?
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:31 PM
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:32 PM
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wait till my mouth unthaws I ll speak more eh
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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
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:35 PM
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Old Oct 22, 2018 | 08:36 PM
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not sure can see under car its so low
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