so my motor finally kicked the bucket after being a victim of the "Marbles in a can" for so long. Mazda replaced my motor for free under warranty. and I couldn't be happier. my car is running better than ever. Glad that I have a good dealership hear in town. Got my car back after 2 days. I think there is a corperate office near by, which means better service usually.

 

^^Wow, 2 days. I have only had to take it to dealer once, took 2 weeks for my 3rd/4th gears to be replaced. Ur fortunate my friend.

 

My car ran the first 20K without this detonation problem then I got the MIAC. I then started using Prem-gas all the time and it was fine. What is the history of your car? Year,model,transmission,miles,reg-prem-gas history,service,plugs,filters, anything you can remember. What is your location, it's not stated next to your icon. I also did the throttle body mod (it took one minute to do)and it helped allot.

 

damn they did the engine is 2 days that is very impressive. its hard to hear that from any car dealers

 

Grats on the fast repair. What state is the dealer in?

 

this dealer is about to inundated with service requests from rx8 forum goers.

 

you guy are funny.

It's not the same motor. They do rebuilds and stock them.

So happens the dealer got one right away and installed it right away.

 

They actually had one in stock. Apparently mazda shipped 2 "remanufactured motors" for the last guy with this problem.

Jacksonville, FL

 

I am the 2nd owner. The car is a 2004, AT, 45K miles. Her name is Eight but I call her 8. I drive hard as hell (like you are supposed to) on premium gas (like your supposed to).

Old motor had no new plugs that I can tell. I was about to get them actually. driven hard. regular 3k oil changes. new starter. marbles in a can when slowly climbing to higher RPM was very obvious.

Happy to be rollin again so quick
Only bad part was they stuck me in a loaner Mazda3 that was PURPLE. The guy called it Black Cherry. But it even said Purple on the key tag.

 

Wow...two days is fast. I've got the same MIAC problem myself. Dealer says they can't hear it and keep telling me to use Premium...despite the fact I've repeatedly told them I use no less than 93 octane. Plugs replaced, noise still there. Here's hoping my experience goes as well as yours when mine finally blows up...and that it happens while still under warranty.

 

Flood your motor

 

?

Did that somehow lead to the early demise of your engine?

 

possibly, but if so it was unintentional.

 

Hello TRAVASS

Thanks for your history....

 

Are you calling my car's color ugly !!!!!!!!

 

I never said UGLY just BAD!!!

not my pref.

 

curious, but i rmbrd i had the MIAC problem a year back, happened a couple times and then it just stopped and havent had any MIAC sounds since...............anybody know why????

 

In some cases this MIC can be Heater Hose related...see this link on repair Fix..

https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...&postcount=295