04RX8Racer

I was on the highway and the steering wheel jerked my rx8 of the road. I no longer have power steering. With the rx8's, there's no fluids involved. I've taken the car to shops and they all say that they don't know how to fix it. Any ideas on how to fix it and the cost?

rz-jacks

if its electric, you can bet you but there's a fuse for it. I'm not familiar with the electric steering on the 8 but I would start by checking the fuse box (refer to user manual to find wich fuse it is).

New Yorker

Take it to a Mazda dealer and ask for an estimate. Costs nothing.

Jedi54

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search plz.
this has been covered a hundred times. do an advanced search, type in power stearing, ask it to search thread titles only.
scroll until you see a thread by Mazdamaniac.

Also, a little more info would be good next time you start a thread. Year of car, mileage, etc.
Otherwise people will tell you to go to the dealership and you could be out of warranty which will definitely cost you a pretty penny. I assume yours is an 04 based on your user name?

jasonrxeight

remove your airbox tray to inspect the PS sockets right under the coolant reservoir overflow tube.
if they are corroded due to overflown coolant, you need to either solder them or replace with new sockets.

Jedi54

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^^^^ “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”

jasonrxeight

meh just let him know how good fish taste like, then he needs to figure out how to fish.

ShellDude

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There's this frothy milky substance on my dipstick. I'm worried that my engine may be going bad. What do I do?

Cole33

The frothy stuff on your dipstick is likely just condensation due to the cold. Dude, there is a little button at the top that says "search" and it will tell you everything you need to know. It can pretty much answer any question you have.

Wantarotory

...Hmmm...

I think this may be a troll....

While on the topic off trolling....how many cylinders does my Rx8 have?

dozer

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give a man a boat and he'll drink on it all day

Razz1

ahh....

xexok

Depending in the dealer.. If he just goes in and asks for a ballpark estimate without them inspecting the car at all then yea free. If they have to inspect to see what needs to be fixed, not free.

My 09 is still under bumper 2 bumper warranty and I cant even get a free inspection at my dealership... Gotta sign a form saying you agree to pay $150 in case the problem your having isnt under warranty(wear & tear items, or whatever). Always pissed me off, you would think an inspection would be free especially on something under warranty. I know chances are it will end up being free if somethings broken but meh.

DocBeech

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Well if your going to be doing some maintenance make sure you check on these things too:

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...&products_id=6

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=13

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=45

ShellDude

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Perhaps I should dig up my old signature jpeg. It might help the n00bs


so umm.. what oil should I be using? I was thinking about going synthetic...

04RX8man

^who is this jokester

Atilla

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pfft - everybody knows that synthetic oils cause detonation! No rotary runs on synthetic stuffz!

StealthTL

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"You give a man a fish, he eats for one day.

You whack him - no more of this "Gimme a fish" bullshit."

-Tony Soprano.

ShellDude

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found it! had been a while...

zoom44

internet sarcasm. best way to avoid falling for it is to check the info under the name.

ShellDude Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,327

Easy_E1

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^Example #1

zoom44

AACCCKK!! infinite loop!

04RX8Racer

before i take it into the dealer for estimates, i want to figure out if the wires are coroded. Where is the airbox to see the wires? also, how do u take it off?

jasonrxeight

search how to take off the airbox
then you just remove the airbox tray, its just down there. above the radiator.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...power+steering

DocBeech

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why search when otehrs will do it for you :P