1) No

2) They should

3) NO...Sorry

 

3) BECOME A MAZDA CERTIFIED MASTER TECH AND GET YOURSELF HIRED BY A DEALER SERVICE DEPT. YOU DON'T EVEN NEED THE RX-8 TO DO THAT

 

You may need to take a pay cut.

 

Its hasn't been a problem for me. I always warm up my car a few minutes in the summer and at least 5 in the winter. I have done this since I have started driving at 16. 24 now. I read somewhere that it helps with the longevity of the engine.

 

Never flooded my FC. Have yet to flood my 8 even though I stalled it a couple of times in reverse with the ac on.

 

Edmunds.com lists recalls, and TSB's for cars.

http://www.edmunds.com/maintenance/maintenance.do

 

i think you missed the point of his questions cam but if you need to find the tsb's and recalls for the rx-8 we have a link posted to them on this forum. thanks for the edmunds link tho.

 

Thanks for the edmunds info. Good to know it's there, but it's definitely not as detailed and I doubt as timely as our very own "Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) for RX-8" thread thanks primarily to the postings of forum members snap-on and tommy.

As zoom44 mentioned, you missed my point. I was jokingly asking snap-on if us RX-8 owners could directly subscribe to the Mazda Tech network and get the TSBs directly from the "horse's mouth" :D.

rx8cited

 

"Every morning I take the car out of the garage, then I turn it off and start it again 2-3 minutes later when I'm ready to leave for work. That's been going on for the 5-6 weeks since I bought the car and it hasn't flooded once. I don't know why people think this is a problem."


My new RX is in my garage dead as a doornail since I forgot and ran it short. You'll wish you took this thread seriously! I have learned my lesson.

 

I have had my RX since early Feb 2004 and love it. However, it is sitting in my gargage flooded since I pulled it in the garage and didn't let it warm up. I have learned my lesson.

 

Just curious, did you get the M flash and/ or does it even apply to yours (are you in the correct VIN range, is your car properly updated?)

 

No, it is getting the "M" Flash today. I hope it is the answer.....doubt if I tested it though. I plan on following the guidance for warmup.

 

M flash done..... So far so good, not sure how the performance is as I have yet to get it out on the open road. I'm anxious to compare my pre M MPG to post. I was getting 18MPG no matter what kind of driving I did.

 

Have 'borrowed' a Yellow AT GT for a few days from my friendly dealership..[have also test driven the GT MT, Titanium.... what a blast!]
Their top mechanic, Tony, advised me to rev the engine to 4 000 RPM before shut down, regardless of trip duration. Has anyone else heard of this?

 

No, can't see how that would improve flooding.... looks to me like that would lncrease the possibility to leave unspent fuel.

 

If I'd voted yesterday I would have been a smugly complacent NO. I've gone 7 or 8 months with no flooding problems.

But today I joined the YES group.

Like other owners have reported here, the car has been accidentally stopped when cold on occasion, and also stalled quite a few times under different conditions. I like to let any enthusiast try the car out, and people often stall it first up. One guy of 77 stalled it 3 times. All without any restart problems.

Yet today I started it, warmed for only a few seconds (it was a sunny day, but about 19c), and started to slowly reverse out of the garage. It went a few feet and conked out.

Having read of others' problems here I followed all the proper procedures. No go - not even the briefest of coughs. Stone dead.

Tomorrow the truck comes to take it to the dealers.

Apparently some dealers have been saying that Mazda claims that a recent reflash helps or fixes this problem.

So why the hell haven't Mazda Australia sent recall notices for a reflash to all owners of older models?

Miserable sods.

In 45 years of car ownership I've never had this sort of situation before.... Grrrrrr

 

My dealer told me the same thing. The mechanic adviced me against it. when i followed the mechanic's advise i had bad starts, now i always rev it before shut down. this way the car fires up almost immediately when i crank it, it's never been better...

this way flooding is the last thing that can happen. excess fuel is burnt 'cause the rotor still spins while the engine is already dead. don't know if it has other implications but the spark plugs have no chance of geting wet by 'unspent' fuel 'cause there isn't any!

 

BVD, it doesn't sound like your car flooded... if it had, it would have cranked but not started. What you're encountering is some other problem, probably electrical. Have you tried jump starting your car?

 

I have had my 8 since Feb and no flooding problems.

Today, I am backing out of the garage. My drive way slants so I usually just start up and give it a small nudge in reverse and let it roll from there. So I'm rolling down the driveway and it stalls on me and finished rolling into the street. Actually part driveway, part street.

I think "oh sh*t" this was the perfect scenario to flood. Cold engine, slight revs, then off without warming up.

So without touching it, I put in the clutch and turned the key. It fired right up. No hesitation, nothing. It came right back to life.

I have the L flash.

Just wanted to add a post about not flooding. I know a lot of people get hung up on it. It is something you don't always here the good stories about so i wanted to add one to the mix. Hoefully it will help some of the new owners relax a little and realize the car does NOT instantly flood all the time.

greese

 

Guys-I have had this occur on three occasions after driving to destination and the car sitting for 1 1/2-2 hrs. Upon attempting to restart need to crank 7-10 seconds to start and stutters few seconds before running smoothly. I will address when I go into dealer for AC Amp replacement but maybe I should not wait?

What do you think?

Thanks,

Bob

 

Doctor BOB:

My car has always started on the first crank - always. If I were having the kind of hard starts you describe I would definitely see the dealer. You need to get the "M" flash anyway, so might as well do it sooner rather than later.

 

Get some plugs while you're at it Dr. Even the normal type. Sounds like yours may be at fault.

 

Dear MEGAREDS and CERAMICSEAL,

Thanks for helpful feedback! I will get this looked at next week.

Thanks,

Doc

 

Yes, yesterday. Managed to get the security ingnition lock out to work too. They towed it today. Damaged a rear wheel dragging it on to flatbed. 2500 miles on it.

 

Greese,

I couldn't agree more, this is a great car, and I do love it.... however, since my 8 flooded !ast month, I am very nervous about each and every stall... and I shouldn't be. When one pays $33k for wheels, worrying about whether or not it will start should be the last thing you have to think about.