rough idle
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rough idle
I am having problems with my car. It idles rough after it gets hot. It seems like the engine lopes and has a miss. The RPMs get down to 750 and the engine shakes. on several occasions the car just cut off and would not come back on and when it did it ran like crap. no horsepower and no rpms beyond 5k after 20 failed attempts to get it back on. Worst of all I had to push it out of the way one time in front of a 350z The car usually gets like this when i get the RPMs above 6K or long continouse driving (60+ miles). The car has been in the shop many times. They claim all RX-8s run like this. I was told that the rotary engine never ran smoothly. I advised them, before i put 3k on my car, it ran great, ever since then, the idle is rough.
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Originally Posted by JERRY_S
I am having problems with my car. It idles rough after it gets hot. It seems like the engine lopes and has a miss. The RPMs get down to 750 and the engine shakes. on several occasions the car just cut off and would not come back on and when it did it ran like crap. no horsepower and no rpms beyond 5k after 20 failed attempts to get it back on. Worst of all I had to push it out of the way one time in front of a 350z The car usually gets like this when i get the RPMs above 6K or long continouse driving (60+ miles). The car has been in the shop many times. They claim all RX-8s run like this. I was told that the rotary engine never ran smoothly. I advised them, before i put 3k on my car, it ran great, ever since then, the idle is rough.
As I say, the instructions for how to resolve issues with this car is in your manual.
#5
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Originally Posted by JERRY_S
I am having problems with my car. It idles rough after it gets hot. It seems like the engine lopes and has a miss. The RPMs get down to 750 and the engine shakes. on several occasions the car just cut off and would not come back on and when it did it ran like crap. no horsepower and no rpms beyond 5k after 20 failed attempts to get it back on. Worst of all I had to push it out of the way one time in front of a 350z The car usually gets like this when i get the RPMs above 6K or long continouse driving (60+ miles). The car has been in the shop many times. They claim all RX-8s run like this. I was told that the rotary engine never ran smoothly. I advised them, before i put 3k on my car, it ran great, ever since then, the idle is rough.
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Originally Posted by JERRY_S
Worst of all I had to push it out of the way one time in front of a 350z
The RB plug wires helped my idle. I seriously doubt that will solve all your probs though. Good luck
-Darin
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