Hi Guys
I have an RX8 ,put i loose power in the lower gears when the engine is hot
i have just replaced my cat,coils,plugs.thinking that was the issue
i have seen some improvments put ont mutch.
also i have dad the car for 7 years low milage and to date my coolant level never changes and have not to date replaced it is this right???
any ideas from anybody
Does it start okay when the engine is hot? IE you\'ve been for a drive, stopped for some petrol and then come to restart afterwards. It should start fine then, if it doesn\'t then it may be compression test time.
no it sometimes take a wile to start after a long run ,would this cause the lack of power,and worst case is???
Sorry to hear you have problems,
I would not expect this to be a coolant problem as RX-8\'s because it is very very rare to have coolant issues with these cars and not adding water ever is quite normal.
As Will above has suggested a compression check is now your way forward so you know the true health of your engine, then you can go from there.
If you have a Mazda dealer check your engines compression, make sure they carry out a compression check and NOT a diagnostic check as I have sent a few people for this and the dealer has decided off their own back to just do a diagnostic then charge £126 for the lack of information.
Hope this helps
Thanks guys will get this done,if i do have a issue what would this involve ???
Hi, Sorry to hear you have problems with the rx. If you want a comp test done, I have mazdas latest tester and could meet up with you sunday on my home from southampton. £35 k 1 trinder @ msn (trinder@msn). com Good luck either way.
keith
Quote from: zoomzoom;741859Thanks guys will get this done,if i do have a issue what would this involve ???
depends what the fault is matey, worse case with crappy compression...it\'s rebuild time i\'m afraid :(
In other words, £2.5 to 3K or so! Unless you have a bash yourself.