Hey I recently made 60k miles on my 8 and I wonder what kind of maintain work I should do on my car. I know I will do coolant flush , new spark plugs, I was also thinking about flushing transmision fluids... I don't know if that looks same as AT cars , rx8 is my first manual, What do you guys say?

 

Sounds good...you might think about ,both air filters,coils,spark plug wires and dif fluid.

 

I have a short ram intake so air filter is ok , what do you mean both air filters?

 

Cabin air filter...

 

short ram? K&N ? Injen ? hope it's not Weapon-R ...

yes, Clean that, replace the cabin air filter.

replace plugs, coils, wires.

flush Manual tranny oil, rear diff oil (does AT have one? forgot)

Change your engine oil (duh)

hmm, that's about it.

 

We have a rear diff, right? So we would have oil in it also. Dur.

 

I think the basic model don't have Torsen diff, dunno,

I know I have one , that's all it matters.

 

Did everything I planned to beside the transmission fluid flush. I called up very legit chicago car shop which specialize in transmission and they told me that you dont really flush tranny fluids on manual also he said that he believes that Mazda-rx8 has lifetime fluids in tranny anyway even AT. Is this right?

 

change tranny/ diff fluid

 

is it necessary to do it in Mazda Dealer?

 

search the diy's on this forum. That'll answer your question

 

Thanks! Its an easy job! no problem with that I almost have all the info now. Last , My car has almost 63k miles now , I dont know if there ever was fluid changed before. Is it safe? Also how long should I wait for another flush?

 

all the fluid change intervals should be in your owners manual. Or else, check with your local mazda dealership