The title is a little bit of wisdom I got from a service advisor when I picked up my car from the recall last Friday. Keep in mind, it's wintertime in Canada, so by cold he meant -20C and colder that we regularly get here. I specifically asked about the thermal shock effect given that the engine is made of layer of dissimilar metals, he said that this isn't a problem with "the new technology".

Does Mazda even train these people? This just supports the opinion I already had that service advisors are full of it.

On the bright side, he did tell me to rev it, so if ever I have an engine problem, they can't really accuse me of abuse.

 

I don't think that the service advisors are mechanics or are trained on the specifics of the cars. The '8 won't rev to redline until warmed up anyway.
Since the '8 is a sports car they can't really claim that enthusiastic driving is abuse!

 

Air temps don't matter, if that was what he was talking about. A running warm engine will not be cooled that much by the cold air. If the engine's warm, rev it.

 

They run better in cold dense air anyway. REV IT UP! Run it hard.

 

Is this why I can't get above 6000 when I first leave from work in the evening?

 

I guess I wasn't totally clear. What he said was to rev it hard when the engine is cold. I have no problem revving the car once the engine is warm.

 

I will let the engine warm up first. Then I drive it like I stole it.

 

Yeah. I let the coolant temp hit the first 1-3 bars, then it's good. I've come to find that if you warm it up until there, it feels a lot better than letting it warm up more than that.

another two cents

-Cody

 

Yup. One of thse things in the owner's manual.

 

thats because the ECU said so.

 

Cool I learned something new today! I looked but it just says it will "prevent it from getting into the red area" Guess that means 6K

 

try to do it ... rev it hard cold, see what happens... the ecu is smart...

beers

 

Heh- I thought my spark plugs were acting up when I hit that limit for the first time the other day- usually my car is warmed up enough by the time I leave my neighborhood or work that I don't hit it.

 

Most service reps are freakin retards. Mine told me there was no break in period and that it would be safe to track it the weekend after i bought it. I was just asking to see what he would say. He is a nice enough guy and has worked for mazda forever but a master mechanic he is not.

 

My service rep asked me if I knew about the flooding issue. When I told him I did know about it, he says, "Yeah, these high performance engines really need to be warmed up."

Me: "Well yeah, but it's because it's a rotary. It's a different engine design. It's not THAT high performance."

Him: "It's really high performance, that's why it needs to be warmed up, just like Ferrari's and Lambos."

 

ZOOM ZOOM in park ZOOM!

 

problem is .. my engine doesnt get warm lately by the time i get to work or back .. summers are so much better