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That's a good combo, you should get the Richard Sohn adapter as well.
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Originally Posted by alnielsen
(Post 3101846)
You absolutely correct, something isn't right. And, that is why Mazda extended the warranty on the car.
The mode of failure for each of the 3 were different. #1 had a warm start issue. It had a bad apex or corner seal. #2 would sputter when I first started the car in the morning. It was found to have a coolant leak into the second rotor housing. #3 would die at idle after it was warm. It had bad compression on one lobe of one rotor. I suspect a bad side seal. Of course the Mazda dealers don't open the failed engines to give us a complete postmortum, so the exact failure isn't known. On each of these the oil was changed by the dealer as they supplied me with free service coupons. Now that the car is out of warranty, they don't give them to me anymore. I am putting in a heavier weight oil & premixing in hopes of making this engine last longer. I ask because I have a 2006 that runs beautifully @22K miles on it so far, but if it sits all day or overnight, and I then start it, if I rev it a little right after starting it, the engine will emit a series of little pops. A couple of revs will take care of this, after which it never comes back until it has sat for a day, but when I read your post, it got me thinking about my own little sputtering annoyance... It's been doing this for the last 2 years (I don't drive in winters, and put about 7500 a year on it.) Edit: The other part of this that is interesting is that I need to periodically add coolant. The level drops slowly over the summer to the "low" marking, so I top it up. I am not sure that this is normal/evaporation, or a developing problem.. Did you have gradual coolant loss as well? |
Originally Posted by nycgps
(Post 3119941)
Yep, thats the tool I got
and when I play it with my multi-meter, I see some value, but I have no idea what is good or not ... https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/engine-vacuum-voltage-test-170839/ |
9k, you know after you inspected and replaced your fuel pump filter, I wonder how much of it contributed to your engine issues if it restricted the flow and leaned it out.
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Could be man, that is why I am not using the Lucas UCL anymore as premix and I am just using JASO 2 stroke. However, the fuel pump seemed to be working fine when removed and it outlasted two motors. This engine is running fine after 13,000 miles so we shall see what happens.
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Just paid for my 4th motor today. 2k for it isn't bad from mazda. First was recal, then hydrolock now apex seal spring. just cheaper to throw a reman in.
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