Best RX-8 Intake
Hello everybody, I am new here 
so take it easy on me... I bought my RX8 2004 automatic from the Mazda dealer in November 2006. This already came with the AEM cold air intake. I have been having a lot of problems with this car, since i bought it, they replaced the throttle body (said it would not close) i have very poor gas milage , between 230 - 260 KM / full tank since the start of this summer i get a lot of rattling / back fireing and "farting" kinda weird loud noises. Mazda is saying that all problems come from having this performance intake... How can that be ?? they say the straight pipe is creating vacuum and is sucking in the oil which screwes up the MAF sensor etc... they are advising me to buy the stock air intake ... (even thought i bought it from them like this ... ) . My worry and concern is this ... : how come other people have this intake as i see here and have no problems ? just worried that will spend lot's of money on this stock intake and it will still not get rid of a problem. When i hear those rattling noises car seems to have poorer performance , and also to mention when i drive it fresh in the morning it runs fine with lot's of power , when it get's hot all this starts happening .
Can any one comment please ? as well as if this is the wrong place to place this question i am sorry and please tell me where i can post this to get help.
Thank you all in advance .
so take it easy on me... I bought my RX8 2004 automatic from the Mazda dealer in November 2006. This already came with the AEM cold air intake. I have been having a lot of problems with this car, since i bought it, they replaced the throttle body (said it would not close) i have very poor gas milage , between 230 - 260 KM / full tank since the start of this summer i get a lot of rattling / back fireing and "farting" kinda weird loud noises. Mazda is saying that all problems come from having this performance intake... How can that be ?? they say the straight pipe is creating vacuum and is sucking in the oil which screwes up the MAF sensor etc... they are advising me to buy the stock air intake ... (even thought i bought it from them like this ... ) . My worry and concern is this ... : how come other people have this intake as i see here and have no problems ? just worried that will spend lot's of money on this stock intake and it will still not get rid of a problem. When i hear those rattling noises car seems to have poorer performance , and also to mention when i drive it fresh in the morning it runs fine with lot's of power , when it get's hot all this starts happening . Can any one comment please ? as well as if this is the wrong place to place this question i am sorry and please tell me where i can post this to get help.
Thank you all in advance .
but at least they replaced the throttle body.
Take the AEM out, and try to reinstall it one more time. Cuz sometimes people who installed it could be a moron and **** something up. it might seem right but still messed up. So take it out, reinstall it. just to make sure the install is good. if you dont know how to do it. find someone (a friend, give him a beer) who knows how to do it. it should not take more than an 2 hours. oh, make sure u clean the filter too.
then buy a can of MAF cleaner (any Electric cleaner will do) , keep the nozzle about 3 inches away from the MAF and spray the crap outa it.
let it sit dry (put it on a stack of old newspaper will dry it fast), install it back. and tell ur dealership that dont blame it on aftermarket parts.
The stock intake can suck oil into the intake as well . This can be caused by a couple of things :
One being at oil change when oil is pumped in too quickly after an oil change .
Other members have had it happen for other reasons I can't recall just now but suffice to say it is not your AEM intake that causes it .
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Pronunciation: \ˈsär-ˌka-zəm\
Function: noun
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from sark-, sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwarəs- to cut
Date: 1550
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Ok, so after a long battle , changing the intake from the AEM to the OEM (stock) and still haveing a **** load of problems and mazda keeps doing stupid things like telling me i need a tunup ... well ... now they have put in the following (after my car would not start anymore ) : New RX8 engine , new higher RPM starter and higer power battery + plus the rest coils , sparkplugs etc.. so far so good ... 2nd day driving
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You need at least one of the stock screens in the intake. No way to use the stock screen w/ your intake. You's can't buy a screen.
If you feel you are SUCKING.............
Then do the bypass mod for the air cleaner. I'm not eve sure you have a port for that.
Take the hose from the oil filler neck that runs into the intake and disconnect. Put a filter on the end of it and a rubber plug on the air intake tube.
No more oil on the MAF sensor.
Read up. All rotories back fire occassionaly at idle.
If it's really bad change the plugs.
If you feel you are SUCKING.............
Then do the bypass mod for the air cleaner. I'm not eve sure you have a port for that.
Take the hose from the oil filler neck that runs into the intake and disconnect. Put a filter on the end of it and a rubber plug on the air intake tube.
No more oil on the MAF sensor.
Read up. All rotories back fire occassionaly at idle.
If it's really bad change the plugs.
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Why you would do this is beyond me since it only minimizes your impact on the narrative.
Why someone would pretend to not get something and then turn right around and say they, in fact, do understand without any demonstrable insight is completely illogical.
But I guess that is your idea of "mysterious". It still dim to everyone else.
Why you would do this is beyond me since it only minimizes your impact on the narrative.
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But I guess that is your idea of "mysterious". It still dim to everyone else.
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Ok, i've looked all over and cant find anything about the stock intakes on this car! I'm having some serious problems and litterally everyone in Tulsa has basically just told me "I'm sorry, good luck with that" when i tell them what is going on. My car has had the check engine light on for a while now, when i read the codes it tells me that it has something to do with the intake! Symptoms are; when the motor is cold and i get into high RPM's the car completely loses power as far as it feels like i shift way down and am not pushing the gas, it makes kind of a louder noise out of the exhaust when it is warm and i get into higher RPM's, it has problems starting when it has rained a lot and it has been sitting through the rain for a day or more, AND to top it all off last night i was driving down the highway and the car lost power and the check engine light started blinking at me! Can anyone so much as suggest anything???????? It would be great help! I dont know much about the engines but i need the problem fixed and i dont trust my mazda dealer! Prices are too high and they are ridiculous with fixing things!
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Unfortunately if there are any other owners i would not know how to get ahold of the right one! Anyone that owns one around here just takes theirs to the dealer! But i'm thinking from doing some research that it may be the seals, which if it is then i'm just gonna get a whole new engine and start working on it myself after i have my baby! Not cheap but I think it will be well worth my time! I would kinda like to pull one of them apart and see what i can do anyway! Maybe i'll try to get one for Christmas... lol! : D
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the current search blows...
if you search for intake, you get just about every thread on the board because people put the word intake in their signature, so you get all threads they post in
if you search for intake, you get just about every thread on the board because people put the word intake in their signature, so you get all threads they post in
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OK, I removed the two posts that offended someone. Now, why are we trying to help someone that had the problem 9 months ago?
Nah the computer was ****** up I couldn't see the dates. That's all. Just irritates me that people **** with newbs so hard. We were all new once. A little hazing ain't bad but I've seen a few posts where people were really ****** wit people. Given em messed up advice n all.
Nah the computer was ****** up I couldn't see the dates. That's all. Just irritates me that people **** with newbs so hard. We were all new once. A little hazing ain't bad but I've seen a few posts where people were really ****** wit people. Given em messed up advice n all.
Watch your language fruity.
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Hello everybody, I am new here so take it easy on me... I bought my RX8 2004 automatic from the Mazda dealer in November 2006. This already came with the AEM cold air intake. I have been having a lot of problems with this car, since i bought it, they replaced the throttle body (said it would not close) i have very poor gas milage , between 230 - 260 KM / full tank since the start of this summer i get a lot of rattling / back fireing and "farting" kinda weird loud noises. Mazda is saying that all problems come from having this performance intake... How can that be ?? they say the straight pipe is creating vacuum and is sucking in the oil which screwes up the MAF sensor etc... they are advising me to buy the stock air intake ... (even thought i bought it from them like this ... ) . My worry and concern is this ... : how come other people have this intake as i see here and have no problems ? just worried that will spend lot's of money on this stock intake and it will still not get rid of a problem. When i hear those rattling noises car seems to have poorer performance , and also to mention when i drive it fresh in the morning it runs fine with lot's of power , when it get's hot all this starts happening .
Can any one comment please ? as well as if this is the wrong place to place this question i am sorry and please tell me where i can post this to get help.
Thank you all in advance .
Can any one comment please ? as well as if this is the wrong place to place this question i am sorry and please tell me where i can post this to get help.
Thank you all in advance .
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