There's a rumor going around here in Cali that my RX8 engine only last for about 80,000 miles. Is this true and what happens cause I have babied this car.

 

its mostly myth...not really a lot of basis...because the old 2004 model were not spraying a enough oil on the engine...and they were blowing up before 80,000 miles and mostly automatic models.

But thats all kinda been corrected, specially in the Series 2...but even with the series 1 youll see a lot of them past 100,000 miles on the original engine.

Big trick is keep the RPMs above 3000...thats when the oil injectors spray more oil in the chamber, revving close to Redline once in a while is ok too, Wait till the car is completely warm before revving past 4000 rpm, Regular oil changes.


Also there are usually 2 type of discrepancies about revving the rotary engine...

1. People say they baby the engine but then you learn that most of them don't rev past 3000rpm's until they hit the freeway and stay at 4000rpm, which is bad cause carbon build-up slowly accumulates which in turn wears out the engine faster...

2. People say they treat the engine right but then you find out most of them always hit 8000rpm between shifts on regular daily driving, while it does help clear out some carbon build-up your introducing more heat which causes potential warping of the engine which also in turn wears out the engine faster...


Drive your car spirited like it was designed for...don't granny drive it cause that will kill the car too...but don't drive like a maniac either.

Rotaries can be dependable if you take care of them...Heck if you drive a piston engine the way you drive rotaries then in a way pistons are less reliable ^_^

 

Most failures can be traced to failing ignition coils. They start to go without any symptoms and by the time the owner knows what's wrong, the engine and catalytic converter are toast.

Replace them every 30k miles as a precaution or get upgraded ones for better longevity.

Early automatics are especially prone to failure. There is a 100k mile/ 8 year warranty on all RX8, but obviously at this point only 2009-2011s still qualify.

Plenty of info about this here, search for those topics.

 

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wow that was so helpful and encouraging. Thanks! 👍

 

All your post really helped thanks.