My 8 didn't come with the usual little book that goes in the glovebox - one's on order for me for free, but it's not here yet.

As I'm passing 1100 miles on the car, since I have no book to reference, I'm wondering if there's any early maintenance I should be doing? The only thing the guy said to me as I walked out the door was to bring the car back in a week or two for them to check my plugs, which I plan to do later this week.

Anything else?

 

If you bought it new with little to no mileage... follow Racing Beat's break-in procedure.

http://www.racingbeat.com/RX8%20Break%20in.htm

 

Hmm... A little late for some of that... Heh.

 

Check your oil level and top it off accordingly.

 

Yeah, I need to pop the hood and figure out how to pop the plastic cover off.

I've swapped the engine in celicas more times than I can count, but I can't get the cover off my RX-8 engine. Sigh.

 

The large cover in the center? With both hands, grab it on either side next to the front and pull up. The dipstick is on the driver's side - look WAY down to see it. Do it only under well-lit conditions or it'll be a pain getting it back in.

Also, do a search on "owner's manual." Someone posted a link on a downloadable .pdf owner's manual, but I'm too lazy to search right now.

 

Go ahead and get your oil changed to remove any deposites from break in if you havent already.

 

change the oil in the car... did mine at 1k miles... then ran the poop out of it.. and still do...

and bed in brakes..

beers

btw.

bluesky you better have some answers.. i am getting to you!!!!