will try

 

looks like a cat too me under there

 

looks like cat then a small looking muff behind it

 

* muffler

 

tried to take picture but camera was acting strange , maybe didn't like being under car ,now computer wont read sd card

 

the cat has a resonator right behind it. its all one pipe

 

hows this best can do at moment ,bed time here

 

that's what I believe is catylic converter

 

yep but we need to know if its hollowed out which means unbolting it. try back tomorrow morning, there will be more traffic here

 

Thanks so much 200 mph , have good sleep , Zoom ,Zoom over and out
{probably bang on it will tell a story}

 

Another Canadian, eh?

Where are you located?

Anyway, I have never seen that cat before. I know it's not a factory cat for sure. If it's some generic cheap cat, you want to take it off and inspect it, since most aftermarket cats will not last in our car(RX-8 exhaust is a lot hotter than a piston car).

If you don't have emission tests to worry about and you are okay with the smell, you can run catless.

For starting, is it cranking at all? Or it cranks normally but won't "catch"?

 

starting no problem, smokes like a chimney hooked up to a caterpillar tractor with no oil rings on pistons

 

So what kind of smoke is it? Blue oil smoke?

A thin vapour after the car has sat for a while or in very cold weather is the only kind of normal smoke with this car.

If you have a cat and is burning that much oil, it will destroy it quickly. RX-8 is designed to burn oil, sure, but not an amount that will cause visible smoking.

Might want to take the intake apart and take a peek to see if there is any oil in there.

 

looking in the mirror at moment------------ BLUE oil smoke and lots,guess engine shot

 

the cat out of car and its hollow ,why am I not surprized, calling tow truck for scrapper

 

Not necessarily. The only way to really know engine health is to give it a rotary-specific compression test.

Meanwhile, check your intake. You'd be surprised how many people overfill and oil ends up in the intake.

 

have any hints how to go about that ,don't even know about these engines

 

maybe will just search the forums

 

don't see oil in cat only black soot carbon

 

It's really easy. Take a Phillips screwdriver, undo the 2 metal bands for the accordion tube, then wiggle it loose. You can then take the airbox out as well and have a look inside.

 

I see oil on cross member like car is leaking

 

sorry you mean the hose going from air filter to intake

 

Yes, that one. Oil can accumulate in there from oil overfill.

 

ok will quickly take a look, thks

 

theres oil there all right,do you know how to get air filter box off ,theres two clips on top is there something holding bottom, see oil bottom of butterfly