Hello!
I just bought myself the one and only, RX-8.
It has 136k km's. The seller told the engine was replaced at 120k km's, but as I now found out, it was replaced at 106k km's. I don't believe it was treated nicely. It has a noname oil in it, and the overall shape is not the best (although it's not bad also).
I've read all the forums, and done some thing's from 04Green's thread (http://ift.tt/1BIfSrB and carry them on when possible.
But to start with, here are some questions..
1. Can anyone tell me some comparable acceleration times without launch? For example, 20-90 km/h with 2nd or 50-140 km/h with 3rd or whichever suites best. It would be the fastest way to know if I lack in power or not.
Please don't tell me it shouldn't be fast or sth. I just want to compare it with other RX-8s. If there's something wrong, I'd go and test the compression. If not, then I'd check the compression later.
2. My oil pressure gauge needle is not in the middle. What could be wrong?
How much should the oil pressure be? I have a bluetooth OBD adapter, I can check it with this.
EDIT: sorry, got an answer already - it's okay. But still don't understand, why the owners manual stated it has to be in the middle?
3. When I tried to clean the MAF sensor, I saw that the air intake was oily. This shouldn't be normal?
EDIT: sorry, got an answer to this too. I'll change the oil (I think the level is a bit high at the moment). Clean it all and check how it is after this.
4. My idle was a bit rough before I cleaned the MAF sensor. Now it's better. But the question is actually - should I get a grounding kit? There's nothing wrong with my car as I know of? I have a Parrot Asteroid Mini installed, there's a alternator whine to it, but I think it's just because its badly installed.
No need to answer this too, sorry.
5. My seat heater doesn't work. It seems that the wires are broke inside the seat (mesaured the resistance). Do they have a typical flaw or sth? I've heard that a lot of Mazdas have these issues.
6. Should I do the throttle body heat bypass and fans on low modifications?
7. Should I clean the SSV? That's why I'd like to get an answer to the 1st question.. ;)
8. I planned to question this from my local Mazda dealership, but actually you guys might know this too - do dealers replace all coils and plugs also if the engine is replaced? Or let's put it this way - what is included with a new engine?
9. To me, it seems that the engine doesn't run on low RPMs. Like when with a normal otto engine, a cylinder is not working. Any advice, how and what to check?
For starters, I guess this is it.
Thank you very much for your time!
I just bought myself the one and only, RX-8.
It has 136k km's. The seller told the engine was replaced at 120k km's, but as I now found out, it was replaced at 106k km's. I don't believe it was treated nicely. It has a noname oil in it, and the overall shape is not the best (although it's not bad also).
I've read all the forums, and done some thing's from 04Green's thread (http://ift.tt/1BIfSrB and carry them on when possible.
But to start with, here are some questions..
1. Can anyone tell me some comparable acceleration times without launch? For example, 20-90 km/h with 2nd or 50-140 km/h with 3rd or whichever suites best. It would be the fastest way to know if I lack in power or not.
Please don't tell me it shouldn't be fast or sth. I just want to compare it with other RX-8s. If there's something wrong, I'd go and test the compression. If not, then I'd check the compression later.
2. My oil pressure gauge needle is not in the middle. What could be wrong?
How much should the oil pressure be? I have a bluetooth OBD adapter, I can check it with this.
EDIT: sorry, got an answer already - it's okay. But still don't understand, why the owners manual stated it has to be in the middle?
3. When I tried to clean the MAF sensor, I saw that the air intake was oily. This shouldn't be normal?
EDIT: sorry, got an answer to this too. I'll change the oil (I think the level is a bit high at the moment). Clean it all and check how it is after this.
4. My idle was a bit rough before I cleaned the MAF sensor. Now it's better. But the question is actually - should I get a grounding kit? There's nothing wrong with my car as I know of? I have a Parrot Asteroid Mini installed, there's a alternator whine to it, but I think it's just because its badly installed.
No need to answer this too, sorry.
5. My seat heater doesn't work. It seems that the wires are broke inside the seat (mesaured the resistance). Do they have a typical flaw or sth? I've heard that a lot of Mazdas have these issues.
6. Should I do the throttle body heat bypass and fans on low modifications?
7. Should I clean the SSV? That's why I'd like to get an answer to the 1st question.. ;)
8. I planned to question this from my local Mazda dealership, but actually you guys might know this too - do dealers replace all coils and plugs also if the engine is replaced? Or let's put it this way - what is included with a new engine?
9. To me, it seems that the engine doesn't run on low RPMs. Like when with a normal otto engine, a cylinder is not working. Any advice, how and what to check?
For starters, I guess this is it.
Thank you very much for your time!
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