Speedtoys

Original owner, have always been up front with any service or issues over the years, so I took it in today for the battery that was replaced in the starter/battery campain..thats been showing weakness lately. It failed...got that for free.

And I asked for comp test to see where I was going to be, headed off into the rotary horizon.

Failed, whatta shame.
kPa R1 R2 Acceptable Values
1 660 670 New: 830
2 720 660 Min: 680
3 660 630 Diff: 150
R 276 282


Terrible shame...


No questions, all smiles..this is the value of knowin your service guy, and doing the ez maintenance (fluids, etc) at the dealer. New motor on da way..

Have read too many stories about getting oil change/coolant receipts/etc..various associated BS when as a customer..you're an unknown value (even if thats wrong, thats how real life works).


Cant say ive noticed any down power, but I do struggle to get 225-235 out of a full tank of gas.

VashGS

Manual? Get clutch job too. Also have them clean out the AC drain while engine is out. Have you replaced motor mounts yet? Get er' done.

Speedtoys

BHR flywheel is in my mind..stock disc is fine with me, never had any issues with it, its still the original one with no signs of advanced age at all.


I had MM work done about 33mo ago..I think, or was that the common 'tranny mount' issue.


Are NEW mounts 'different' or just 'new'.


Im also wondering, will they drop the tranny to do this? If so..god help me, id love to get in there and add some heat shielding under the tunnel...somehow I doubt that would happen.

9krpmrx8

iTrader: (46)

Cool, I got mine replaced at 96,000 miles Definitely do the clutch

bob07

iTrader: (1)

damn op you just barely snuck that one in, 04 year?

alz0rz

iTrader: (41)

I struggle to get anything more then 160 per tank, yet my car is as peppy as ever.
Gas mileage isn't necessarily an indicator of a bad motor.

Xander

Damn guys... been getting 300 per tank..

Speedtoys

I cant imagine how you would have to drive one of these in stock-ish form and get that poor a mileage..without 1/3 of the tank full of lead shot for CG issues.


I used to get 260-275 beating the heck out of it.

Speedtoys

Yup, 04.

rotarygod

I get over 600 per 18.5 gallon tank.

Nubo

You got a free replacement for a 5+ year-old battery?

Tweek

im stock and barely get 190 per tank.. wtf.

Speedtoys

No, was 33mo into the free 36mo warranty.

Got replaced in the starter/battery fix/issue.

-SPDTOY3

robsrx82004

hey guys i took my 2004 rx8 in on saturday and they told me that my engine had a miss fire, and that i had a lot of cardon build up, but the funny thing is that my car only has 56000 miles.
Do You think that i might be getting a new motor??????????

BigMikeATL

New motor because of one misfire? How do they know you have carbon build up without taking the motor apart?

The only way you'll get a new motor is if you fail a compression test and they don't do those for free (unless it fails, but you won't know until after the fact).

alex zhuk

iTrader: (1)

when you take your car in does it have to have all stock parts on it in order for the warranty to work??
i have 87k and just trying to figure this out so i know when im close to 100k

i have exhaust and a short shifter...

Mazurfer

Neither one of those would dis-qualify you. AND....on the off chance, they rty to blame the exhaust....ask them to prove it.

alex zhuk

iTrader: (1)

sounds good.

thanks for the tip.