2004 Mazda RX8 - 6000 MILES NEW ENGINE
 

Selling my 2004 Mazda RX8.

Recently had a brand new motor (not refurbished) put in about 6000 miles ago along with an Exedy stage 2 clutch. Always changed oil every 2500 miles and always premixed when getting gas.

Exterior:
All panels match, a few dings here and there but barely noticeable until you're close up to the car. Small spots where paint is peeling, shown in the pictures. Small crack on the bottom part of the front bumper. Right tail light has the normal condensation in humid conditiions.

Interior:
Interior is in near perfect condition. Leather/heated seats. All power locks/windows work as they should. Driver seat power seat is missing the button cover for the switches but they all still work. Aftermarket radio head unit. Bose sound system.

Engine:
The motor is all stock with 6000 miles straight from Mazda. I have all paperwork that comes with. OBX catback exhaust. Not raspy at all, sounds very smooth. Exedy Stage 2 clutch installed with new motor. Mint green painted Intake box and fuse box.

Wheels/Tires:
18x8.5 5x114.3 +35 Avid.1 AV20 Bronze wheels on Falken 225/45/18 all around with about 50% tread left. Red lugs all around. Rear passenger side wheel has some curb rash.


The "Bad":
- issue with the gas tank where once the gauges reads past the 1/4 tank mark, fuel will no longer be sent into the motor.
- minor cosmetic issues mentioned above
- CEL thrown from a secondary air pump sensor

There are no brand new engines. Unless of course you bought each engine part piece by piece from Mazda. But that would cost most than you are asking for the car by quite a bit.

dealership who installed it said this was not a re-manufactured engine

Possible Buyer
 

If I were serious about purchasing the car, would you be willing to split the cost of a compression test with me?

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8s-sale-w...scores-264150/

heres the new thread buddy. compression tests and all.

Well, they lied to you.

The dealer is putting an engine in my 05 GT currently and it was a warranty job and it is in fact a reman engine. I stopped in the dealer a couple days ago and took some pics of the progress on my car and also took a couple pis of the new engine...which is a reman, as evidence by the blue and silver tag on the front cover at the top. Here's a pic:

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If you were told that the engine you had installed was new, and paid for it as new, then I would look for this reman tag on the front cover. If there's a tag there then you know for sure that it is in fact not new and you need to take that up with the dealer that installed the engine.

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