Hey there. I have a problem starting my RX-8. I suspect it is a flooding issue, but while I'm capable of performing basic maintenance I'm not a seasoned mechanic and I'd like some other opinions.
I have a 2011 RX-8 R3. Around 25k miles. I have been keeping up with all of the normal maintenance (mostly oil at this point). Two days ago I started the car. It ran for 2-4 seconds and then basically stalled out. I tried to restart and it cranks but won't catch.
The last time I drove the car was just to move it out of the garage to put my other car in. I'm usually very good about watching the red line and waiting for the car to warm up before turning it off, so I suspect I did this time as well, but just because of the timing there is certainly the possibility that I had a brain lapse this time.
In any case, I thought it may have been a flooding issue. From some comments on the boards, I did the "floor the accelerator and start it several times" thing and didn't have any luck. I got a jump from my wife's car to see if a little more battery would help (I'm still on the OEM) and while the starter was noticeably faster it didn't actually get the car started up.
So, the first question I have for everyone is - does this sound like a flooding issue? I know that it is a common problem, but I wasn't sure what the symptoms would actually look like and I don't want to keep trying things to solve the completely wrong problem.
The next question of course is what to do about it. Based on some of the reading I've done in the past couple of days it looks like I should have changed coils at 20k, which I did not. Will that help at this point, or is that just something that might help for next time? What else should I do to get it started, and is there anything else I should change when I do?
Thanks much for the replies.
I have a 2011 RX-8 R3. Around 25k miles. I have been keeping up with all of the normal maintenance (mostly oil at this point). Two days ago I started the car. It ran for 2-4 seconds and then basically stalled out. I tried to restart and it cranks but won't catch.
The last time I drove the car was just to move it out of the garage to put my other car in. I'm usually very good about watching the red line and waiting for the car to warm up before turning it off, so I suspect I did this time as well, but just because of the timing there is certainly the possibility that I had a brain lapse this time.
In any case, I thought it may have been a flooding issue. From some comments on the boards, I did the "floor the accelerator and start it several times" thing and didn't have any luck. I got a jump from my wife's car to see if a little more battery would help (I'm still on the OEM) and while the starter was noticeably faster it didn't actually get the car started up.
So, the first question I have for everyone is - does this sound like a flooding issue? I know that it is a common problem, but I wasn't sure what the symptoms would actually look like and I don't want to keep trying things to solve the completely wrong problem.
The next question of course is what to do about it. Based on some of the reading I've done in the past couple of days it looks like I should have changed coils at 20k, which I did not. Will that help at this point, or is that just something that might help for next time? What else should I do to get it started, and is there anything else I should change when I do?
Thanks much for the replies.
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