anthonysfetcopoulos

hey Guys,

Last night i was driving my 8 (finally) from getting it back from promaz in Melbourne, Australia, with my full exhaust back on (had to put all stock parts back on to get a new engine from mazda ) I was accelerating through second gear and it just popped and its buggered again.. why the hell does this always happen??

I have a feeling that there is a problem with my clutch because ever since the first time they changed the box i have had like a "low peddle". The clutch friction point is just about 1cm off the floor, rather that near the top. It feels like the clutch isnt fully disengaged and causes me to grind gears sometimes.. usually second hence the broken box now..

Will mazda cover me for this???
I have mentioned it to them a few times and they have said they dont know how to fix it and all they do is just bleed the clutch line and after a day or 2 it just goes back to how it was hence causing another busted Gear Box...
any help would be great guys.. sorry for the long post i know its a pain in the ****..

thanks

Gomez

Need more info.

Mazda changed your engine? Why? Was the clutch OK prior to that? This is your second gearbox? What happened to your first one?

Gomez

Actually.....don't answer. I just read your previous posts.

Good Luck.

anthonysfetcopoulos

my old engine they changed because it started blowing white smoke and i lost a heap of power???????? took it in to get checked and they said they would give me a new one? cant complain with that..

Gomez

You ask in this thread why your clutch fails?

Like you don't know?

Will Mazda cover this? I very much doubt it.

tiggerlee

Gomez

Once bitten, twice shy.

anthonysfetcopoulos

actually no, the problem is with th hydrolic line. there was a problem with the master piston or something and it was bleeding fluid past it...

max5roadster

Thanks for jacking up the prices of new 8s and giving honest warranty claims a shifty view. I hope Mazda puts it to you for every cent of any repair needed.

Brice-RX8

I completely agree.

Dro

You know, sometimes, people just disappear.

alex_the_hipple

I find it kind of crazy that at nineteen years old you feel the need to do some "burnouts" and to have a dealership replace the parts for your car (under warranty) but when you notice the slightest problem you don't bother to learn enough about how your car works to even begin to look at the problem before dropping it off to have someone else deal with your mistakes. When your car comes out of warranty it would do you well to learn a little bit about the systems in your car, it will save you a lot of money and this is especially true if you plan to "thrash it" some more since labor prices can be quite the pain.

cjkim

yiksing

Nice work, hope you have to pay for the repairs.

cjkim

btw, good find gomez

Cam

iTrader: (1)

2nd gearbox?!?! I dont want to sound like a dick, but.....it sounds like you either thrash on your tranny (high RPM gear drops), or you just dont know how to drive a manual transmission.

yiksing

Yes he did, it was in another thread and Gomez found it

mirkop

you dont know how to drive is my guess.

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

the trans is one of the weakest parts on this car, I recently bought a 2nd spare just in case, the price was too good to pass up ...

Cam

iTrader: (1)

How you come to that conclusion moron.

My tranny is fine, and I drive spirited all the time.

yiksing

Its possible to do a high rpm gear drop without damaging anything, maybe you meant a clutch drop, misunderstanding?

cjkim

pretty sure he meant the original poster..

mirkop

are you retarted or something, who the hell asked you anything, and whats this topic got to do with your spirited driving.

cjkim

in his defense, you did quote him right before saying"You don't know how to drive... etc.