The 200000-Mile Club
#126
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Damn, I'm so close. Just about to hit 160,000 miles on original engine. Seems that I may have a freeze plug or coolant seal leak. Starting to notice the fluid level of my cooling system drop, dirty coolant fluid, longer start-up(warm and cold), and sweet smell and white fumes out of the exhaust
We have a local that got 134,000.
#127
Charles Bundy
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Yeah, it's a bit disheartening. I had no problem getting 150,000 miles and I would think another 25,000 miles wouldn't be a problem since it's only daily driven. I'm short in cash for a re-manufactured engine or a rebuild, so I'm kind of eying on this member's engine that comes with the transmission in the FOR SALE thread: <22K~ Miles RX-8 13B Renesis Engine
#128
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Damn, I'm so close. Just about to hit 160,000 miles on original engine. Seems that I may have a freeze plug or coolant seal leak. Starting to notice the fluid level of my cooling system drop, dirty coolant fluid, longer start-up(warm and cold), and sweet smell and white fumes out of the exhaust
#130
Damn, I'm so close. Just about to hit 160,000 miles on original engine. Seems that I may have a freeze plug or coolant seal leak. Starting to notice the fluid level of my cooling system drop, dirty coolant fluid, longer start-up(warm and cold), and sweet smell and white fumes out of the exhaust
I also had the drain plug on my radiator replaced. It had completely rotted out and was leaking...
The coolant hoses were/are close enough to the engine that I could smell the coolant as it evaporated off of things and got sucked in through the clean air intake. The coolant plug on the other hand... did not really reveal itself until I parked on a slight hill sideways and a river of coolant ran down the hill... the problem with spotting the radiator plug leak was it started slow... and would form a puddle on the engine shield that runs under the engine compartment... so I never saw a puddle on my garage floor, and I'm sure each time I drove the car it slowly would get dumped as I drove.
Once I saw the leak parked on the hill sideways I took the car in and they found the rotted drain plug. Unfortunately the dealer did not have one in stock and had to order one... so I drove the car for another day with a bottle of coolant and an eye on every guage. By the time I got the new bolt, a day later, I was putting like 1/2 gallon in my car every 25 miles!
Have your dealer check for leaks.
Oh, and if it is a rotten radiator plug... then have them inspect your front oil cooler lines as well, really sucks when they go. Mine have rotted out twice from rust. Man, the things New England roads and salt will do to a car in the winter! (Oh, and Mazda has a new revised set of oil lines to fix the rusting issue... however, and I wish I had known this earlier, Racing Beat makes a nice set of Stainless Steel Braided Hoses that are about 50-60% cheaper than the stock lines which run $1100+.
Of course, if you are sure the smell is coming from the exhaust... then the issue is probably inside the engine... and that is not going to be good
Last edited by Tigger; 11-16-2011 at 03:12 PM.
#131
Charles Bundy
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Temporary fix: Barr's Leak. It's almost two months since I used it before I posted about the symptoms last month. I didn't mention it since I wanted to see how the results are. Half of the bottle and it's holding everything up; no more smoke and the sweet smell, CEL and misfires disappeared, car starts up immediately, and I'd have to flush the system since there's still residual gunk from the solution I poured. P2259 comes up once and a while which I doubt were related.
#132
What pointy ears?
Thread Starter
BTW, 235,068 miles and going strong here ... just did a routine oil change
#138
I'm around 194k now... I've given up any hope of catching elf! But my new winter sneakers just went on... so I'll be putting miles on all year round, as has always been the case for my poor 8. New England is not friendly to a car... but with the right studded sneakers, these 8's do freaken awesome in the snow!
#139
This is one of, if not the best, threads on RX8club.com
Thanks, Elf.
Since I can't find a car that feels more tailor made for my body/mind after two years of looking for a replacement vehicle, I plan on driving my 2005 6MT for as long as possible.
I'm hoping to drive my 8 for another 5 to 7 years.
Snow is no problem at all in the midwest with Hankook iPikes (NOT Hankook Icebears, which are terrible snow tires; the iPikes are epic).
I have only had the battery replaced in year 3 of ownership, and done 3k mile oil/filter changes, a flush and refill of the coolant system with Prestone, and other normal maintenance 'stuff'.
My car drives like it did when it was driven off the lot new, tight as a drum, with ZERO rattles.
This is the most underrated car ever, IMO.
#142
What pointy ears?
Thread Starter
Just cleared 240110 miles on the original engine a couple of days ago ... routine oil/filter change and tire rotation ... all is well in high-mileage land
#143
FULLY SEMI AUTOMATIC
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grats man thats awesome
#144
Last to the Finish line
#146
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i've seen some of those trucks with over 400,000 miles on the original engine
Let's see how long mine will last
#148
Also, how often did you do coolant changes and did you do a true flush?
Thanks.
#150
Ignition Coils: Replaced original OEM coils at 106000 miles because I had the Mazsport Ignition Solution laying around in the garage for almost 1 year, plus I had nothing to do that particular weekend
Spark Plugs: NGK OEM;
Changed every 35000 miles;
I roll my own plug wires at every plug change
Changed every 35000 miles;
I roll my own plug wires at every plug change