2tone

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my car is an '04, about 45K miles, i'm the only owner. it's been great and relatively problem free. over the past 3 months or so, the car died randomly on 2 separate occasions. both times i was at a stop light, idling in neutral, the normal 800-ish rpms, and then it just stalled out. no shuttering, no noises, the rpms just suddenly but somewhat slowly dropped to 0! I immediately started it back up and went on my way -- it turned on the first crank, both times.

is this a minor issue like spark plugs clogged or something, or could it be a precursor to something major (knock on wood)?? i plan on buying it out this coming january...

turok4n64

happened to me when it was hot...u need new spark plugs

2tone

iTrader: (3)

sweet. i live in texas, and it was hot on the days that it happened.

i don't know anything about spark plugs. is it the case that there are better aftermarket ones or just stick with the dealer ones?

turok4n64

stick with the dealer spark plugs...have you flooded your car?

2tone

iTrader: (3)

no, never, KNOCK ON WOOD!!!!!! why, is that related?

turok4n64

usually yeah...however on these cars its recommend you change your spark plugs every 20k miles i believe..somewhere around that milage

2tone

iTrader: (3)

cool, i'm due for an oil change in the next month so i'll get that checked out. thanks turok for paying attention to my thread!!

swoope

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https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...00#post2118253

here is some help. the answer is at the bottom.

beers

2tone

iTrader: (3)

thanks swoope. kinda scary for me though - i'm at 45K, first and only engine, no major problems. lease is up in january and i was planning on keeping it. i love the car, but i just don't have the money for possible problems.

astrozoom

spark plugs are every 30K miles, but a little sooner never hurts. Mine were definitely fouled when I replaced them before 30K. If it is a hot day and you are running 87 Octane gas, this can lead to issues as well.

2tone

iTrader: (3)

hopefully that's it for me - it's texas, and it was hot (although not crazy hot) those two times it happened, and I DO run 87 octane ... i'd say you guys hit the nail on the head! new spark plugs it is.

i'll let you know if that's NOT it for whatever reason, but it will be hard to tell definitively because it only happened twice, about a month in between too, and it's starting to get cold here, so it heat is a factor i shouldn't happen for a while!