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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 08:47 PM
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CT Engine gone ........

Getting on the highway get up to 5000 rpm to ................dead ... wont start .................... 2004 Rx8 89000 miles praying to god it will be covered under warranty any helpful suggestions
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 08:57 PM
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At first when i read the title i imagined you walking to your car and the hood was open and someone stole your engine, that or it ran away lol

anyway, its not... i dont think..., warranty is 8yrs 100k miles, im not sure when the timer starts but i think it classifies your car as a 2003 build and goes from there, if so then your warranty was up around 2011, if not and it starts in 2004 then you MIGHT be okay, granted youd have to provide receipts and lots of them showing you were adding 5W20 and whatnot.

When was your last coil/wire/plug change?

Your cars engine may not even be toast, i havnt read enough to say when a engine is toast or not so someone else might be able to provide better insight.
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 09:08 PM
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What happens when you turn the key? When was the last time you had your car serviced? What was included in that?
It's very difficult to diagnose this over the internet. Please include as much detail as you can!
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by EricB
At first when i read the title i imagined you walking to your car and the hood was open and someone stole your engine, that or it ran away lol

anyway, its not... i dont think..., warranty is 8yrs 100k miles, im not sure when the timer starts but i think it classifies your car as a 2003 build and goes from there, if so then your warranty was up around 2011, if not and it starts in 2004 then you MIGHT be okay, granted youd have to provide receipts and lots of them showing you were adding 5W20 and whatnot.

When was your last coil/wire/plug change?

Your cars engine may not even be toast, i havnt read enough to say when a engine is toast or not so someone else might be able to provide better insight.
Warranty expires 8 years/100k miles from original purchase date.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 06:07 AM
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Well trying to crank the engine over doesn't work the car sounds like it wanted to but just not enough kick to get it going I can pop start it but I would have to keep throttling it to keep it alive the car shoots flames varying from orange to blue but as soon as I take it off the throttle it dies
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:49 AM
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ur CAT has serious problem.

if it's there it shouldn't shoot flames.

check it at dealership
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by nycgps
ur CAT has serious problem.

if it's there it shouldn't shoot flames.
This^
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 09:22 PM
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Warranty is 96 months from date of original purchase. So when the original owner (if not you) bought the car, that's when the warranty starts.
My 04' is having the engine replaced at the dealership right now under warranty.
I'm not the original owner (bought used) and I hadn't checked in what month the car was purchased, but apparently I'm still within the 8yr/96month period.
I've heard some dealerships require maint. records to honor the warranty, some don't seem to raise any fuss over it unless there's clearly neglect.
Before anything was brought up about the warranty, I simply informed them that I service my vehicles myself (which I do).

If you're popping flames... you need to replace your cat (at least).
I would advise you to do so BEFORE you trying having any warranty work done if you're still looking down that road.

Last edited by LittleZ360; Mar 16, 2012 at 09:26 PM.
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Old Mar 22, 2012 | 05:49 PM
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They are doing the new motor for free and all I gave to pay for is for new ignition set up
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