B.Scott75

Good day, all. New member here, new(ish) RX owner. Got my baby this past May, and absolutely love her. Being new to the RX family, there was a lot I didn't know of her virtually daily maintenance...but this site has helped me tons! So, thank you all.


A couple of weeks ago, I started and moved her, to do some yard work. This was before I found out to never cold start, then stop the engine prior to it reaching running temps. That was my bad...and I got the deflooding figured out with the help of this site (so thank you all again). While I had her all taken apart, plugs looked quite bad. Went ahead and got them all changed, as well as wires. After that, and the horribly laborious deflooding process, she was running like the dream machine she's supposed to be.


Now...new problem. I am pretty sure I have the answer already, with searching through threads. She just started being very sluggish to start (both cold and warm), and some minor power loss at running speeds. She is going in today to get her oil change...and I have ignition coils on order to replace them tomorrow. I am pretty sure the coil packs are the problem with her right now...but is there something else I need to be looking at, while I have her all torn apart tomorrow? Plugs, wires and battery are all 2 weeks old...so rule out those as culprits.


2010 RX8 Grand Touring
1.3L / 6-speed AT / 71K miles


Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.