So I went to have a compression test done, car feels mostly fine pulls jsut as hard as i think it always does oil changed every 3k miles using 10w40 and premixed
i go in say it feels like it lost power just so i can make sure its good and strong...it failed

car is less then a year old but has 30k miles, red lined very frequently. transmission was rebuilt for a dead 5th gear syncro a few months ago.

o well its warranty work. Car is still NA and not turboed yet.


end of rant

 

That sucks man. Hope they don't beat up your engine bay too much. Which dealership is doing the work? Mazda South? Beasley? Premiere?

 

roger beasly. I dont like them usaly as they were the ones that said o your back seats are missing we wont fix your front seat squeaking ....

 

Wow it's a 2007 too. That sucks man. At least you have a fresh engine for boost.

 

not even a year old bought in June ^_^

 

Does it make you want to reconsider going boost ? If so GIMME ALL YOUR BOOST PARTS !

 

lol i was tempted by my friends street ported FD putting 400whp down. It does worry me more though.

 

I know bro!!! mines in for compression test as well.. i am re considering installing my turbo kit on the new motor... if indeed it fails.. i have 57,760 miles roughly.. but no power down low.. after long period of driving i get a tick tick tick sound kinda like a valve shuttering..

good luck john! get the FD!

 

Just get a really good tune. You will be fine. Nothing is as reliable as an NA, but a good tune can help.

 

lol, o well i have hooked up my boost guage to the manifold to read the vac it was around 16-17inhg not long ago not bad >_> but seemed twitchy

once i get it back again ill hook it up again and see what it reads for my own future refrence

 

as reliable ? it failed na lol

 

Dang man, that's too bad.. So, you just went to the dealer 'just to make sure' and came out with a failed compression? You weren't experiencing any issues or anything that prompted you to do this, right? So, what does this really mean if the car is running fine??

 

the car was having floods on start up which i asumed was weak spark as it would start up after just fine (why i just replaced the plugs)

car had no symptoms, besides being rather weak at the low end side

i had though it was not as powerful as when i first got it one day but i just assumed it was in my head as it pulled fine.

 

ahh, gotcha..so, what year can one 'realistically' assume Mazda has got the engine thing corrected?? Never? I had thought '07's and 08's would be fine. Are 09's having (rather will they) the same problem?

 

id say any after 04 were reliable. It just a randomly out there one. It wasnt complete loss of compression it runs it was just lower then they say is ok

 

same as mine bro!!!!! but yours is newer than mine.. mine started acting up after the oil in the intake system... kinda gurgles around 1-2K rpm.. yours felt muuuch torquier than my ca even wth the cobb unit and yours was stock.. i would have never thouight such a strong motor would fail before mine
well im just waiting on my compression results post yours up when you get them.. ill do the same dude

 

Yeah, there are always the few out there that die due to not 100% good parts. Too bad, though. At least it's a brand new engine! :D

 

man they said they couldnt do compression test because the cat and coils arent the oem ones.. i need to get the stockers on then they said they could do the compression test

 

My Mamma always said, "RX-8 is like a box of Chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

 

That sucks. I wonder how many out there seem to be running okay but are just on borrowed time?

Mine was running okay but I noticed some things which led me to the dealer. but I am very attune to my car and most drivers are not.

Hey man, make sure you take this poll.

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...highlight=poll

 

so they gave me the car back while they order the engine (since it works fine)

i now have a rattle in the rear of my car ...wtf, reading the paper work they got a cat converter showing up in the ecu... wonder if that rattling is what was my cat converter...

From the sheet:

vac numbers are
baro 3.92v idle 1.98 v ... no idea of conversion here

"compression test shows low compression"
"test drive mode 6 showed a few misfires ... perform decarb...still shows missfires"

so new engine in a few days...

 

lucky they wouldnt do a compression test on mine because they said i had aftermarket coils, and no cat... and on top of that they charged me 110 im sooo pissed