Please please help my car won’t start
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Please please help my car won’t start
ok so I am going to start from the beginning. The other day I noticed when I would step on the gas the car didn’t seem to have a much power as usual, I noticed it for a couple of pulls and it went away and didn’t think much of it. So about a week ago I noticed that my car would idle funny sometimes especially on start up almost sounded like the exhaust was popping. So One day after it warmed up and did the funny popping I left and when I pulled to the end of my road I noticed the rpm gauge went all the way to where the car almost shut off ! I was able to catch it and I gave it gas and the car ran fine. A few days later I had just pulled out of the gas station and I went for a pull and noticed the no power again, then once I reached about 4-5k It took off and all power was regained, then once I let off the gas the car just stalled. It started right back up and I noticed a check engine light on. I went and got it read and it was the crank sensor. So I went and got a new crank sensor. When removing the old one the bottom snapped off . To get it out I had to remove the eccentric shaft pully. I made sure to not move anything to mess up the timing. While I was in the motor I decided to clean the MAF and clean out the throddle body. Long story short I got everything back together today and it won’t start! I pulled the sensor I replaced to check and it’s reading good ohms (1085 , Mazda recommends that it reads 850-1250) I reset the sensor and throttle body tapping the break 20 times and it still won’t start. Did I miss something ? I did push the trottle body while it was pluged in but the key was not on, could this be why ? Please please help idk what to do
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Yes sorry it is a 07 gt wih a 6speed manual, I changed the plugs about 1000 miles ago, when I was putting the throttle body back on a little antifreeze did drip on the coil packs do you think that could be the problem ?
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If you don't know the history on them, it's generally a good idea to replace the coils before you toast your cat, which you might want to inspect as well.
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Im a new member i just got a rx8 04 auto ( starting problem)
I just got a Mazda RX-8 from my friends he gave it to me and told me that it has a little bit of problem it is not starting he told me he bought a new stereo system for the car with new speakers and ever since he installed the speakers in the stereo the car stop starting I would like to know if there's any suggestions you guys can give me as far as what I already know they told me to check the starter and the alternator I also got a new battery I do not know if I should install all these parts before attempting to try to start it please help
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Once he removed the in-dash touch screen stereo the two kickers in the tweeters all around the car including the lights that he had installed underneath the seats the car start sounded like it wanted to start do you think I should still replace the starter the alternator and the battery
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Start using punctuations, and stop throwing parts at it.
04 and early 05 RX-8 had a somewhat weak starter, so you could choose to upgrade to a starter from a later year RX-8.
Your problem is likely that there is some kind of parasitic draw somewhere when the car is off. My buddy's GTI had the same problem when he installed a sub and parked the car for a while. I had to give him a boost. Turns out, one of the components was powered by something that gets constant power and that drained his battery. He changed the wiring to have it powered by something that only turns on when the ignition is on and that fixed his problem.
There is also the possibility that your car just flooded. Does the cranking sound weak?
04 and early 05 RX-8 had a somewhat weak starter, so you could choose to upgrade to a starter from a later year RX-8.
Your problem is likely that there is some kind of parasitic draw somewhere when the car is off. My buddy's GTI had the same problem when he installed a sub and parked the car for a while. I had to give him a boost. Turns out, one of the components was powered by something that gets constant power and that drained his battery. He changed the wiring to have it powered by something that only turns on when the ignition is on and that fixed his problem.
There is also the possibility that your car just flooded. Does the cranking sound weak?
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