The 200000-Mile Club
05-10-2012, 02:46 PM
#176
What pointy ears?
Thread Starter
But welcome to The Club anyway. Now get that fixed so you can start on your second 200000 miles LOLUpdate: 247000 miles and counting ...
Last edited by elf; 05-10-2012 at 02:47 PM. Reason: because I can
05-13-2012, 03:18 AM
#178
Super Moderator
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Agree...ANY Rotaries loath the following..
1.Heat
2.Low engine oil
3.Carbon/Soot
4.Low RPM use.
5.Low Coolant (see heat)
6.Silly owners.
7.And even dumber motoring public who believes burning engine oil is a flaw.
Agree...ANY Rotaries loath the following..
1.Heat
2.Low engine oil
3.Carbon/Soot
4.Low RPM use.
5.Low Coolant (see heat)
6.Silly owners.
7.And even dumber motoring public who believes burning engine oil is a flaw.
05-13-2012, 08:30 AM
#179
As for replacing the engine, the cost to value ratio is not there... but my 8 will have another life, a local rotory shop is buying it and planning to turn it into a hill climber!
I keep seeing 8's everywhere... it is very sad.
As I have not seen anything even remotely similar to the 8 in style/price/features/etc... rather than get something that fails to meet expectations, I will be going in a new, and somewhat shocking, direction... I have just put a deposit down on a new 2012 Toyota Tacoma!
I've been doing a number of camping trips each year, biking more and skiing more... and it just seemed something more utilitarian might be a good switch up. I don't see me in an SUV, so I think a truck may just be a good change of pace! After so many years of driving sporty cars this will be a really big change, but fun I think. 
For those who asked... the final mileage on the Odometer was 200219.
Keep racing to 300k Elf!
05-13-2012, 04:09 PM
#180
Super Moderator
Wow an RX-8 and now a pick up..!?
05-13-2012, 09:46 PM
#181
Honestly, I drove a MazdaSpeed 3, and it was a blast... but really there isn't anything out there in the price range of an 8 that is as much fun and as well appointed as the 8. Anything I would have replaced it with, I would simply have spent the whole time comparing with the 8 and on the whole being a bit disapointed.
The truck will be fun, now I can go off roading! And hopefully in a few years we will be looking at an RX-9 that I can jump into!
The truck will be fun, now I can go off roading!
And hopefully in a few years we will be looking at an RX-9 that I can jump into!
05-14-2012, 12:19 PM
#182
What pointy ears?
Thread Starter
) --- I immediately shut off the engine and coasted to the side of the highway. But that was about 100,000 miles ago, and who knows what, if any, engine damage I incurred.I don't like seeing ~210F on my water and oil gauges, but that's what the engine routinely sees during the summer months
I should have close to 248500 miles on the original engine by the time I hit Las Vegas (WHiV5) this weekend
, and I expect to see engine coolant near 220F going up some of the hillier passes on Interstate 15.
05-20-2012, 11:37 PM
#183
I've heard that using 5w20 is one of the easiest ways to wear out these rotary engines. Gotta use 5w30 or thicker. I've heard that Mazda just recommends 5w20 for the USA and that is just to help the cars pass EPA emissions or MPG. Everywhere else in the world they recommend 5w30 I think.
08-01-2012, 10:39 PM
#184
I lost all engine coolant when a broken alternator belt cut through the upper radiator hose (Temp gauge needle almost instantly pegged to the right side ) --- I immediately shut off the engine and coasted to the side of the highway. But that was about 100,000 miles ago, and who knows what, if any, engine damage I incurred.
I don't like seeing ~210F on my water and oil gauges, but that's what the engine routinely sees during the summer months
I should have close to 248500 miles on the original engine by the time I hit Las Vegas (WHiV5) this weekend, and I expect to see engine coolant near 220F going up some of the hillier passes on Interstate 15.
) --- I immediately shut off the engine and coasted to the side of the highway. But that was about 100,000 miles ago, and who knows what, if any, engine damage I incurred.I don't like seeing ~210F on my water and oil gauges, but that's what the engine routinely sees during the summer months
I should have close to 248500 miles on the original engine by the time I hit Las Vegas (WHiV5) this weekend
, and I expect to see engine coolant near 220F going up some of the hillier passes on Interstate 15.
08-06-2012, 11:57 AM
#185
I never quite made it to my goal of 175,000 miles. I had to have the car towed and dropped off at Lucky 7 Racing for an engine replacement this weekend.
This is the only time it's ever been towed during my ownership of this car, the last time it was driven was the day after it's third anniversary(July 28th). I had an oil leak while I was driving home on the freeway, heard the metal shavings sound and it was pretty obvious at that moment it was the end and ran it's last mile; exited and as I slowed the engine would die, so I placed it in third while coasting to start it up. I kept the engine rev'ed at 1,000 rpm on stop lights and drove the last two miles home in the street. It officially clocked out at 167,305 miles in Original Factory Engine. The shop will take picture during the whole exchange, I don't think I'll see inside how the engine would look.
This is the only time it's ever been towed during my ownership of this car, the last time it was driven was the day after it's third anniversary(July 28th). I had an oil leak while I was driving home on the freeway, heard the metal shavings sound and it was pretty obvious at that moment it was the end and ran it's last mile; exited and as I slowed the engine would die, so I placed it in third while coasting to start it up. I kept the engine rev'ed at 1,000 rpm on stop lights and drove the last two miles home in the street. It officially clocked out at 167,305 miles in Original Factory Engine. The shop will take picture during the whole exchange, I don't think I'll see inside how the engine would look.
Last edited by Grace_Excel; 08-06-2012 at 12:08 PM.
08-06-2012, 06:41 PM
#186
I never quite made it to my goal of 175,000 miles. I had to have the car towed and dropped off at Lucky 7 Racing for an engine replacement this weekend.
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This is the only time it's ever been towed during my ownership of this car, the last time it was driven was the day after it's third anniversary(July 28th). I had an oil leak while I was driving home on the freeway, heard the metal shavings sound and it was pretty obvious at that moment it was the end and ran it's last mile; exited and as I slowed the engine would die, so I placed it in third while coasting to start it up. I kept the engine rev'ed at 1,000 rpm on stop lights and drove the last two miles home in the street. It officially clocked out at 167,305 miles in Original Factory Engine. The shop will take picture during the whole exchange, I don't think I'll see inside how the engine would look.
...
This is the only time it's ever been towed during my ownership of this car, the last time it was driven was the day after it's third anniversary(July 28th). I had an oil leak while I was driving home on the freeway, heard the metal shavings sound and it was pretty obvious at that moment it was the end and ran it's last mile; exited and as I slowed the engine would die, so I placed it in third while coasting to start it up. I kept the engine rev'ed at 1,000 rpm on stop lights and drove the last two miles home in the street. It officially clocked out at 167,305 miles in Original Factory Engine. The shop will take picture during the whole exchange, I don't think I'll see inside how the engine would look.
That Metal on Metal sound is horrific. Mine died, I tried popping the clutch, there was no limping home for me... just had to coast in to a parking lot near by and park.
09-14-2012, 11:55 PM
#188
09-18-2012, 10:55 PM
#189
Any word from Elf on how his 8 is doing?
09-18-2012, 11:00 PM
#190
I haven't seen or heard from Elf in a while. I guess his motor didn't die after all? He is legend.
09-19-2012, 11:25 AM
#191
I did try to rev the engine pretty good at least once a day :D
I can't complain, 200k is very respectable for an engine. Just very sad
I suspect it had some carbon build up and probably just two much wear on the APEX seals. That in combination with a bit of sudden strain on the engine and I think one of the seals just let go. (I was accelerating from a light when the car in front of me hit its brakes for no reason and then continued to accelerate... so I was on the gas hard, off the gas, back on the gas when it let go.)
09-19-2012, 01:23 PM
#192
Addendum: the engine never had a Sea Foam or Zoom Zoom Cleaner treatment. I just thought that with the mileage I have, it's the carbons that kept my compression in the engine's last few thousand miles.
Last edited by Grace_Excel; 09-19-2012 at 01:32 PM.
12-14-2012, 11:28 AM
#199
Congrats!
Not having heard from Elf in a while... I'm starting to fear the worst
I did hear back from the guy who purchased my 8 and he told me that he put a new clutch and new (rebuilt) engine in it and she is happily back on the roads cruising around! Sadly he did not crack the old engine open before the swap, so no word on what it really looked like inside...
Not having heard from Elf in a while... I'm starting to fear the worst
I did hear back from the guy who purchased my 8 and he told me that he put a new clutch and new (rebuilt) engine in it and she is happily back on the roads cruising around! Sadly he did not crack the old engine open before the swap, so no word on what it really looked like inside...