No kidding!, I have warranty until sept 09 so what is this a recall? I checked it again today and after some city driving the foam is gone.

For hmm 1 hour of work ?

NO NEED TO PANIC !

this is NOT an issue damn it. ITs JUST freaking water condensing in your oil system. You do know that there is water around you all the time right ? Its in the AIR !

After you drive it around, the engine and oil gets hot and the water will go AWAY !

Jeeze ...

you CAN ask dealership to install the Ventilation kit for you for free(warranty item), but dealership often screw things up more than fixing it, it will be funny if they take the wrong tube out or install it the other way around.

So just leave it, its NOT an issue.

This is normal for the RX8 As in other cars this would mean a blown head gasket and all bad things... But this is a sealed chamber that will have the emission of a water droplet or steam blown off when it is running...
The dipstick is the only part that is in not direct flow... Meaning that build up will disolve the chamber itself has cooling area compartments and is designed that way to burn it off...
When the dealership puts on a new vent system they are disrupring the flow of the design and can be a good thing or not...

If you do an oil change at your house. Change your oild and your filter... Run it for 5 minutes then drain and the oil again and get a nice long funel to flush oil in the dipstick whole...
On the second change of oil after the 5 minutes i had black oil and the milky stuff gone... But with winter this will form... Summer this is not that present...

Do I get to count this as 11? Ah.....I guess I won't since it wasn't a "new" thread.
Damn it! :banghead:

it just rained here and the weather dropped to unusually cold around these parts.

I checked the oil, and lo' and behold. the milky substance.

If anything, it makes reading the dipstick easier! :)

For those that are out of warranty. There is a fellow on Ebay that is selling the breather kit that the dealership uses to alleviate the problem.

I have used this seller before, he has been awesome.

I took my car to the dealor andthey said it was normal and they would not fix it...
How do you get the dealor to fix it????

If you are under warranty, then go print this out and hand it to them and politely ask that the take care of it.


http://www.finishlineperformance.com...50-06-1664.pdf


oh....and I WON'T COUNT THIS AS NUMBER 12. :)

Viscosity/performance measurement
 

It would be a good idea if someone could test in a laboratory the lubrication performance of that foam, and see how different it is from the original oil.
:eyetwitch

The foam is condensation from one temp to another
it happen it cold climates from 63F and colder

its completely normal and it will go away once as the engine is fully warmed up
the water temp gauge is a p.o.s so dont trust it (i know this becuse i have a scangauege II and a snap-on scanner and diagnosed it)

it reaches mid at about 155F and stays still until your about 225F

I had that TSB performed a couple of months ago and it takes care of the foam on the dipstick.

I had it even when the weather was warm. :dunno:

Not anymore. :D:

can someone post a link to the TSB from mazda about this oil foam?

It's including in the TSB link stickied on th Issues & Problems forum:

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-trouble-shooting-95/technical-service-bulletins-tsbs-recalls-rx-8-a-14453/

Here's the TSB from clicking above:

http://www.finishlineperformance.com...50-06-1664.pdf

click the winter thread link in my sig below:)

Guys this is normal..... I have been in contact with mazda as well as a few dealers in new england looking for one to go to to get service. They all say this is normal but in colder weather there is more milky substance on the dipstick. No worrys....

I had the TSB done when taking care of the moon roof squeaking issue.

The TSB part does fix the issue of not being able to easily read the dipstick if the thick substance gets smeared on the dipstick when removing it to check the level.

There is not any milky substance on the dipstick in cold weather now. ;)

Now that's using your dipstick Jimmy!

quick question wouldn't a oil catch can fix this issue???

No it doesn't. But its not a big deal so after six years of gunk on the stick I don't worry about it.

Tried the catch can it is not anywhere near as effective as the TSB.

Although on FI app I recommend having one.

sounds good thanks for the info guys

maybe it has to do with the type of oil we use? maybe regular oil doesnt have a problem but people running synthetic do? or maybe the different weight other then dealer approved like using other than 5w20? just a thought.

no

http://www.finishlineperformance.com...50-06-1664.pdf

This is just the nature of the Rotary engine. It goes away when the temps warm up.

is this still on ebay? if so what do i search?