kdparsons80

I took it out to get gas, and on the way back home I got on it at about 60 it cut power and the engine light flasshed then stopped. It felt like a rev limiter, but I wasn't even close to the red line. Does any one know what is wrong with my car?

2004 RX8 GT

mac11

iTrader: (1)

You'll probably need to get the code read.

tiltmode43

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Was the engine warm? iirc mazda tech designed the ecu to not allow the engine to do anything self destructive (ie: rev too high while cold)

or just a missfire

unreal89

was this in 3rd gear? because as said before the engine will cut fuel early (6k rpm's) if it is cold. in 3rd gear mph is rpm/100, so 60mph = 6000rpms. I doubt it was a misfire, they dont feel like rev limiters.

kdparsons80

I think it was "cold" but not sure. I took it out later after letting it sit with the engine running for 20 min. No light or power loss, so I think that was the problem.

hayasa8

if omp misses it will instantly go into "fail safe" (iirc) I am sure the code was stored, find out or else