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by **Soiled** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:22 pm

Picked it up from Sinco yesterday

by **crispy'86** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:02 pm

Actually picked up an ae82 fxgt for a new daily driver, needs a few parts fitted to it, Got an engine bay loom from another ae82 (4ae 8v sohc injected

), started to configure wiring to work in the fxgt dash, interior etc.

by **duddley** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:11 pm

Paid an auto sparky to find out why my brakelights fuse keept blowing as brake lights are handy in Auckland traffic.

by **rollaholic** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 7:26 pm

duddley wrote:Paid an auto sparky to find out why my brakelights fuse keept blowing as brake lights are handy in Auckland traffic.

thats true, indicators only have to work once every 6 months though

by **duddley** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:34 pm

rollaholic wrote:
duddley wrote:Paid an auto sparky to find out why my brakelights fuse keept blowing as brake lights are handy in Auckland traffic.

thats true, indicators only have to work once every 6 months though

I'm pretty sure indicators are an optional extra out west.

by **Stott69** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:11 pm

Found out the bubbles above the windscreen arnt as bad as everyone was thinking. Will only need one small patch and some TLC to the rest

by **iOnic** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:29 pm

Sounds like I'll find out tomorrow if my RX8 is dead or whether I got lucky. Been painful not having it going

Oh and my RB30 crank is bent. Yay.

by **AE82 FXGT** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:49 pm

iOnic wrote:Sounds like I'll find out tomorrow if my RX8 is dead or whether I got lucky. Been painful not having it going
Oh and my RB30 crank is bent. Yay.

What happened to your RX8?

Website · by **Bling** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:52 pm

Going by the posts above, he tried to put the RB30 crank in it?

by **jacobrjett** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:56 pm

that even happens? (re: bent crank)

adjusted carby a bit. i dont know my way around a carby yet but it seems to idle a bit better.

OMG so shiny! · by **Dell'Orto** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:09 pm

Yup, pretty common

by **Lloyd** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:10 pm

Cranks tend to bend when bearings get quite worn. Silvertops are good for it.

by **iOnic** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:10 pm

Long story: when I bought the RX8 I had a list of jobs that I wanted done before I took delivery of the car. One of them was replacing all the coilpacks since they commonly go and can take the engine with them. Mazda has released updated coilpacks to try and get around this issue. It was at the Mazda dealership for a week/$2k bill before I had even driven it for longer than a test drive :lol:

Fast forward 6 months/2000kms and I was in town last week. Pulled over, ran across the road for 30 secs, came back and it wouldn't start. Had very weak spark. Got it started 2hours later and drove it to the gas station to grab some fuel and head home - repeat of prior experience.

Eventually got it home and checked it over, coilpacks are the "old" part number (turns out they weren't replaced at all - still have the date/mileage of last replacement on them). Rang Mazda and asked why the coilpacks I got charged for didn't make their way into my car - got the run around until eventually lots of abuse in their direction resulted in an admission of fault and a refund.

So I've bought brand new coilpacks which should be here tomorrow so I'll throw them in and see if it works again. Towards the end it wouldn't start/run at all and sounded horrible.

Because petrol and lubricating oil go into the same place it's important to have good spark. Bad coils = weak spark = unburned fuel diluting the lubricating oil = no/less lubrication. This has been going on for 6 months so I'm not holding out much hope tbh. Best case it needs a rebuild sooner than it did before.

by **rollaholic** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:18 am

iOnic wrote:because 20B

by **iOnic** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:21 am

If 20B isn't the answer, you're asking the wrong question.

by **steroidcontaskie** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 11:14 am

Pulled over, ran across the road for 30 secs, came back and it wouldn't start. Had very weak spark. Got it started 2hours later and drove it to the gas station to grab some fuel and head home - repeat of prior experience

I had a friend that had the same problem with his RX8, wouldnt restart if still hot after a run. Eventually after a long fight he got a complete engine rebuild under warranty. Hopefully your car isnt that bad.

Cheers
Ed

by **Timmo** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:21 pm

steroidcontaskie wrote:I had a friend that had the same problem with his RX8, wouldnt restart if still hot after a run. Eventually after a long fight he got a complete engine rebuild under warranty. Hopefully you car isnt that bad.

Cheers
Ed

Isn't that just a 'feature' of Rotaries? I.e. you are supposed to give a good rev and shut down otherwise they are hard to hot-start?

Also, track day in the '5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtG7O5uSCE

by **sergei** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:13 pm

steroidcontaskie wrote:
Pulled over, ran across the road for 30 secs, came back and it wouldn't start. Had very weak spark. Got it started 2hours later and drove it to the gas station to grab some fuel and head home - repeat of prior experience

I had a friend that had the same problem with his RX8, wouldnt restart if still hot after a run. Eventually after a long fight he got a complete engine rebuild under warranty. Hopefully your car isnt that bad.

Cheers
Ed

Interesting I have a friend who had exactly same problem and solution...
Is your friend's name Chris by any chance?

by **Shrike** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:36 pm

iOnic wrote:Long story: when I bought the RX8 I had a list of jobs that I wanted done before I took delivery of the car. One of them was replacing all the coilpacks since they commonly go and can take the engine with them. Mazda has released updated coilpacks to try and get around this issue. It was at the Mazda dealership for a week/$2k bill before I had even driven it for longer than a test drive

Fast forward 6 months/2000kms and I was in town last week. Pulled over, ran across the road for 30 secs, came back and it wouldn't start. Had very weak spark. Got it started 2hours later and drove it to the gas station to grab some fuel and head home - repeat of prior experience.

Eventually got it home and checked it over, coilpacks are the "old" part number (turns out they weren't replaced at all - still have the date/mileage of last replacement on them). Rang Mazda and asked why the coilpacks I got charged for didn't make their way into my car - got the run around until eventually lots of abuse in their direction resulted in an admission of fault and a refund.

So I've bought brand new coilpacks which should be here tomorrow so I'll throw them in and see if it works again. Towards the end it wouldn't start/run at all and sounded horrible.

Because petrol and lubricating oil go into the same place it's important to have good spark. Bad coils = weak spark = unburned fuel diluting the lubricating oil = no/less lubrication. This has been going on for 6 months so I'm not holding out much hope tbh. Best case it needs a rebuild sooner than it did before.

If engine is dead I say mazda would be up for it due to them not installing the new coils because lack of preventive maintenance caused it

But depends how much you cbf to fight them over it

by **JZCrazy** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:08 pm

Disconnected the wide band O2 sensor and took it out.

How or what do you clean these things with?

Will re calibrate it first and check for error codes.

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