550rwhrex

iTrader: (1)

OK, Been having problems gettting the car to start....
1. Changed Plugs
2. Changed coils-New from Mazda Motorsports..


now it wants to start but doesnt, right before I changed everything I drove the car in to the garage and smelled some thing weird, looked under the hood saw a little bit of smoke then looked under the car and saw the area around the O2 glowing red.. after i turned the car off it never wantewd to start again that when i proceeded to change plugs, wires, and coils..

Any help would be very greatful!!!!

200.mph

iTrader: (9)

glowing red around o2 sensor is a sign of a bad cat. you might be under warranty for it depending on year and miles. un bolt the front of it pull it down and see if tis melted,broken up, or plugged up. use a flashlight. it should look like a honeycomb if its good. you also might be flooded. read the stickies

550rwhrex

iTrader: (1)

Would a Bad cat notlet the car start?.. will check it when i get home..

200.mph

iTrader: (9)

idk maby if its totally blocked. its worth a look and shoud not take long. make sure your not flooded also. search that tho i dont have time to get into it

550rwhrex

iTrader: (1)

OK Thanks... BTW Its a 2007 with 67000 miles?

200.mph

iTrader: (9)

you are still in warranty for federal emissons-free cat if its bad. if you have a 550rwhrex you should know about a flooded rotary engine

550rwhrex

iTrader: (1)

Trust me I know them... This car has turn out to be the biggest pain in The ***... i never had this much problem with my 1,2,or 3rd gen rx7s

monchie

Now you know what's going on with the rx8, and that's why they are stopping production on this vehicle...so sad indeed.

Manic Mechanic

Stopping production isn't anything to do with that, what on earth are you talking about?

Mazurfer

Guess I will just state the obvious................Meow!

Grace_Excel

iTrader: (5)

Monchie always let his *** speak for himself.

monchie

If it's a dependable car, without all those major issues, then Mazda should continue building them. Like my Mazda 6i, very little issues and a dependable car...truly. Mazda still builds them, and probably for more years to come. Anyway, all i'm saying is, the rx8 has a lot of problems, specially with the engine compression. If i just have the pink slip on the rx8 right now, then i'll be trading my rx8 to an evo in no time, with fewer issues, not like the rx8. I still want to keep my rx8 for as long as i wanted to, but it will depends on the issues i'll be getting in the near future. I'll let you guys know the outcome.


You got that right