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525,000 miles on Seven Mazda Rotary engine cars,Now I will Premix for the first time!

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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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I have driven 525K miles on 7 Rotary cars,Now I will Premix for the first time!

From what Mazda has been doing with its "TSB-MSP" and what I have read it seems like a simple and smart thing to do at this point. I also have changed to 5W30 oil. I have 35K on my 8 and can't wait till the 16X comes out with the three oil injectors and even more power and torque!

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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 03:08 PM
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I'm....confused. There are 7 engines that have 525k miles on them? I'm also guessing they were premixing? *Wonders where the 16X comes in*

Sorry, I'm genuinely confused lol...

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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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complete FAIL!
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by CyberPitz
I'm....confused. There are 7 engines that have 525k miles on them? I'm also guessing they were premixing? *Wonders where the 16X comes in*

Sorry, I'm genuinely confused lol...
Sorry I confused you...I have had 7 different rotary engine cars and put a total of 525K miles on them. Just now felt the need to premix.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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So list them and the number of miles on each.

Please
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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So list them and the number of miles on each.

Please
'71 RX-2 68K
'73 RX-2 75K
'74 RX-4 111K
'75 RX-4 72K
'79 RX-7 90K
'87 RX-7 Turbo II 74K
'04 RX-8 35K

I'm retired now and wont be driving as much any more.

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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Old Rotor
'71 RX-2 68K
'73 RX-2 75K
'74 RX-4 111K
'74 RX-4 72K
'79 RX-7 90K
'87 RX-7 Turbo II 74K
'04 RX-8 35K

I'm retired now and wont be driving as much any more.
Nice list. How did they treat you.. and what kind of shape were they in whey you moved to the next?

And.. was there another vehicle between the 79 and 87 RX7's?

You in the over 40 league, yes?

I pre-mix here... but only 6K on my '05 MT.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 04:56 PM
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222,000 miles on a '72 RX-3 (12A)
premixed from 33,000 when I bought it, used.

Body rusted clean away, floor, doors, trunk, and finally doorsills, but motor still good and drove it to the scrapyard.


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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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I never got that many miles on my old rotaries, but they were only driven on weekends. And not on the street for very long.

Stealth, I just had to do a search to see who made the quote in your sig.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Speedy400
Nice list. How did they treat you.. and what kind of shape were they in whey you moved to the next?

And.. was there another vehicle between the 79 and 87 RX7's?

You in the over 40 league, yes?

I pre-mix here... but only 6K on my '05 MT.
My first RX-2 got a new engine under warranty, it was the only one. All the rest were in good shape and just the normal maintenance stuff. That's it on the RX's, too much to list on the rest.

Here is a more complete list of my cars....
The order is best approximate I have at this time, off the top....

56 Ford
58 Fiat
60 Ford Fairlane
56 Mercedes 190SL
66 VW Bug
67 VW bug
69 Karmen Giah
68 Ford Fairlane 500
70 Mercury Maverick
71 Mazda RX-2
73 Mazda RX-2
74 Mazda RX-4
75 Mazda RX-4
79 Mazda RX-7
81 Mazda GLC-L
84 Mazda 626LX
86 Mazda 626GT
86 Mercury Sable
87 Mazda RX-7 Turbo II
88 Chevy van
89 Chevy van
91 Chevy van
93 Mazda 626LX
94 Mazda 626LX
01 Nissan Pathfinder LE
04 RX-8 Tour
08 Mazda 5 Tour
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:02 PM
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thats hectic... can u explain the mercury sable...and there more to list but why the mercury...???
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 11:49 PM
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The Merc I bought for the wife on her birthday she had to have it. All I can say good about it is it was comfortable and got good gas mileage. I sold it after 52K miles on it. Not real reliable.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 12:30 AM
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I too have just converted thanks to Dominion. My OMP stopped giving oil to my engine. StealthTL do you premix through the gas tank? I would like to reach 222,000
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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Speedy400 - I just read the link in your sig, I love the MX-5. That is the exact one I've been drooling over for the last several months. Tough to justify living in MN (and the wife has dictated that we will have a new kitchen before a 3rd car...) You been happy with it?

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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 10:29 AM
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Wow, that's awesome. I've had two rotary engines before this one, and both of them are pretty high up there, one with 250k, the other with 175k *Not all done by me, of course*. They are some good little cars. They will always have a place in my heart.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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I'm using MMO for my first time at PREMIX. It is easy because the Oz's are marked on the plastic bottle and it has a small neck and lid that fits easy into the gas tank opening.
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