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I have this sickness where I like to save cars but I think this one might be too far even if I could buy the roller for under $200.
No engine no hood but I could source both those from my local Pull-A-Part for a little under $500.
But still you wind up close to $1,000 in it looking at at least another $1,000 in a rebuild of the junkyard engine assuming the rotors, housings and irons are reusable.
At that point makes more sense to go shopping with $2,500 for something better.
My 14 year old son was given a 2004 automatic with 75k miles. For a 2004 it's in great shape but has some type of engine trouble. It will start, but sputter and quit after a few minutes and wont restart. Its showing P0410 and P2259. Not sure if those codes will cause those problems or not? Now if it needs a new engine you think it would be worth it? I would probably buy a crate engine and have a foreign auto repair that is down the street do the work. I would guess 4k for engine and maybe another 2k for install and a few other repairs. Sorry I am new to the mazda world and dont know much about rotary engines. It's a pretty car so i hope it's worth saving. Hope it's just the codes that needs to be repaired and not a rebuilt engine. Thought?
My 14 year old son was given a 2004 automatic with 75k miles. For a 2004 it's in great shape but has some type of engine trouble. It will start, but sputter and quit after a few minutes and wont restart. Its showing P0410 and P2259. Not sure if those codes will cause those problems or not? Now if it needs a new engine you think it would be worth it? I would probably buy a crate engine and have a foreign auto repair that is down the street do the work. I would guess 4k for engine and maybe another 2k for install and a few other repairs. Sorry I am new to the mazda world and dont know much about rotary engines. It's a pretty car so i hope it's worth saving. Hope it's just the codes that needs to be repaired and not a rebuilt engine. Thought?
Red42, you may want to read up on RX8help.com in the Potential Owners section to get oriented. It sounds like the engine is on its last legs, a rotary compression test would confirm it. Usually that's caused by poor ignition health and/or damaged catalytic converter. Those 2 things and engine failure travel together.
The codes are for the secondary air injection pump used to warm up the cat during startup, it's not critical in itself, but if this issue has been going on for a while, the cat may have become clogged, leading to loss of compression over time.
The problem with automatic RX8's is they're less powerful and the 2004-05 versions of the engine for automatics is the most expensive/least desirable. If I were in your shoes, I'd find another car for the money. 8's don't make a great first car anyway, they drink gas and require a proactive maintenance mindset. Not for your average 14 year old kid, but if you're going into this well informed, it's a great car in general. ... with a manual and the full power, less problematic engine
Should you choose to keep it and go through with engine replacement, make sure the shop you're asking to do this know what they're signing up for. Rotaries are not common and if they don't have some experience, you don't want them acquiring it on your account.
Red42, you may want to read up on RX8help.com in the Potential Owners section to get oriented. It sounds like the engine is on its last legs, a rotary compression test would confirm it. Usually that's caused by poor ignition health and/or damaged catalytic converter. Those 2 things and engine failure travel together.
The codes are for the secondary air injection pump used to warm up the cat during startup, it's not critical in itself, but if this issue has been going on for a while, the cat may have become clogged, leading to loss of compression over time.
The problem with automatic RX8's is they're less powerful and the 2004-05 versions of the engine for automatics is the most expensive/least desirable. If I were in your shoes, I'd find another car for the money. 8's don't make a great first car anyway, they drink gas and require a proactive maintenance mindset. Not for your average 14 year old kid, but if you're going into this well informed, it's a great car in general. ... with a manual and the full power, less problematic engine
Should you choose to keep it and go through with engine replacement, make sure the shop you're asking to do this know what they're signing up for. Rotaries are not common and if they don't have some experience, you don't want them acquiring it on your account.
Thanks for the reply and you are probably right. i will junk it and maybe pursue something else. Really to bad because its a nice looking little car.
09-12-2020, 07:50 PM
