let me know. ill take them for the right price

 

Hey what's up guys. Name is AC and I've been a rotor head since 85. Just moved to vegas and looking for a rotary doctor. Been working on my 04 8 in my garage and put in plugs and exhaust kit but still have the same problem with power loss and fuel smell. So let me know who is a good rotary guy out here and at the same time I can start meeting my fellow rotor heads out here. I live by buffalo and Vegas area. Thanks in advance.

 

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**Paging Dr. Ray**


AC Links: welcome!
While I'm not actually a resident of Las Vegas, I've known a lot of these guys for years so you're in great hands and good company with the Vegas Rotary crowd.
You mentioned loss of power and gas smell.
do you smell the gas from the rear of the vehicle, inside the vehicle or inside the cabin?

What 'exhaust kit' did you go with?
Off the top of my head I'd say you have an issue with the catalytic converter on your RX8. (assuming it has one installed)

 

Thanks jedi54
That's what I thought since I had seen the glowing o2 sensor but I put in a cat w/no catalytic converter and still it was the same. Now I put new wires and plugs but still the same. Cheepy eBay system :/

 

you're welcome.

• Plugs are new - check
• Catalytic with no Cat installed. (basically it's just a straight pipe now) - Check. That explains the gas smell at the back of the car. Rotaries are quite smelly when there's no catalytic converter.
• New wires - check

are you getting a Check Engine light at all? (you might even have one just because you removed the cat)
how about a Blinking CEL?

my next thought would be your ignition coils. Do you know the last time those were replaced? Do you have access to a timing light?

 

Depending on the type of gas smell it could also be the the pump leaking.
Raw gas smell verses burnt gas smell

 

Yeah the light was on before I switched the exhaust and it would blink when it would loss power, then it would stop blinking when it would go back to normal and get all the power back. After I changed everything it was better then it all came back. As if it floods the it clears out and gets power back. But it's really bad now. The gas smell of fumes are there but I do smell a little bit of raw at times.

 

Welcome to our area..... Is the raw fuel smell previlant in the interior of the car? If so the fuel pump is under the drivers side rear seat. It has been known to loose the seal and cause the fuel smell in the cabin area. Loss of power......that could mean lots of things.

Local Rotary Doc......Karack - Rotary Evolution.

Local meetings off this thread are extreamly few and far between. If you want to get together with other rotor heads in the area then go to sincity rotary .com. They meet every Thursday evening. I will have Ray (13X) answer this post with more information.

I rarely make the meetings cuz I work early in the morning. Looking forward to meeting you.

 

Thank you all for all the great and quick responses. Phil thanks, I will check the site out. Looking forward to meet you and all local rotor crew soon. Just hope I'm not looking at a rebuild, at least not now.

 

Welcome there!!

I recieved a couple of emails lol

local rotories are typically gettng local meet info at www.sincityrotary.com you can register onto the forum and there is a link to facebook ... sincityrotary lasvegas

You can hit a parts house most will scan for free, I just added to my calender to put my scan tool in my car later so I should have with me tonight

Tonights meet will be at Sonic @ the Southeast corner of Sahara and Torrey Pines, we have been averaging 15+ at the meets lately of assorted rotaries

 

Thanks! I checked, opened the FP panel and all seems good. No smell what so ever.



Cool! Thanks! I will try to make it tonight. I think its about 13mins from me. Only problem is that the car runs ruff. The funny part is that it runs fine for a short moment when it wants too :/

 

Want to thank you all for the help. After meeting you at the meet and getting the codes check, I installed the coils I bought from you guys and the 8 is running like a champ again! Thank you once again. You will never go wrong with fellow rotary enthusiasts. Hope to see you all again next week.

 

Awesome!!! no problem ... hope to you around

 

Kane says that he will charge $200.00 and ether tune it for you and / or teach you how to tune it yourself. Sound good to me......There are a few guys from SinCity already signed up.

 

We need a total of 6 cars to secure that pricing otherwise it's $300

We need a list of names and the engine management system on the car

 

Looks like I will be showing up with Kane.

 

Good, I had not heard from you for a while....Good that your coming....

 

Yes Phil, I'll be there. Just been a bit busy up here.

 

Be good to see you!

 

Anyone interested we SCR will be having a Cruise this Saturday with a potluck BBQ at the end .... details are on our forum .. hope some of you can make it

 

Dam, I will be in Cali. I only go twice per year and you picked one of the times

 

the fuel pumps tend to crack at the outlet port out here in the desert heat. i have a pile of OEM RX8 pumps that have cracked, someday i will redesign the outlet to revive the housings for a better design.

pull up the passenger rear seat base at the front and move it out of the way, remove the 4 screws covering the pump and pop the retaining clip off. turn the key on but engine off to prime the pump and check for drips coming from under the hose connection.

i'm actually surprised more 8's haven't burned down due to this issue, since it seems rather common. benefit is the fuel leak isn't in a critical area.


and if your transmission ever breaks just throw it away and replace it... lol. there's no shortcuts on the Aisin 6 speed like there was on the older transmissions. *sigh*

 

^Replaced mine last week for the same problem.

You may need to use a mirror to see it. Mine had a hairline crack on the underside of the connection elbow coming out of the top of the fuel pump. Check for signs of previous leaking even if it's not at the moment. Mine would leak intermittently, usually with a full tank (which you don't want if you are going to replace it).

 

Hey guys,
Would guys know of any place that is renting out some space in their shops for cheap? I'm looking to start a small business out there, but its more of a part time type of thing, so I just need a small and cheap place out there.

Thanks

 

There are a lot of small office spaces with very low per foot charges charges in Vegas. Not knowing what your business will be is a limiting factor.