Jamie's 8

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Just like a smart phone..plug n play easy peasy.

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[Jamie R]

Just like a smart phone..plug n play easy peasy.

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Haha famous last words

[clive]

Lovely, milky milky .....

I’ve read somewhere this is normal at this time of year especially on the early 8’s And no real cause for concern .

Can someone confirm this

Prior to my ownership the car sat outside in all weathers, hence the green moss round the outside of every panel. And did less than 2 miles a day

Our first RX-8 only had 6000 miles on it when we bought it  and the filer neck looked the same. I just used to change the oil when it reappeared just to make sure there was no watery stuff floating around.

[Jamie R]

Cheers Clive,

There nothing on the dip stick ( no not me ) just around the filler cap threads

[Jamie R]

So purchased a flashy all singing and dancing OBD II scanner tool coz I got an intermittent fault on the power steering.

It Didnt turn up before I broke up. Didn’t know a family member had got a decent one, oh well I could have spent 200 quid in the pub and had nothing to show for it apart from a bucket and a sore head.

So I plugged it in this morning. Turned on the ignition. Scanned......... no fault codes ..... hmmmmmm started it up....... power steering works.

This could be “Christine II - the sequel”


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Keep it n the car mate....sounds like a dodgy corroded connection to me....under the battery tray is a few connections and the black white power and neutral go into a big plug on the rack under there.
If when it plays up pull over and get da code.

On here is the full manuals under rx8 technical so a detail fault finding chart.

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[Jamie R]

Good idea, thanks Jon


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[Jamie R]

Tomorrow I may pull all the tray out and give the terminals a scrape n clean and spray


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I expect it to be pretty grim under there and the tray bolts to be rotted and may well shear...have a look and proceed with caution as could be a more lengthy job. Check under the ecu (pcm). As that is where the eps module is to..but id start at rack tbh. When you disconnect power..i believe the white is nuetral and black is power to confuse you on  re attachment

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[Jamie R]

I looked in the fuse box in the engine compartment earlier.

Well.......

Let’s say it doesn’t look stock

There’s a looped piece of wire with a spade terminal on each end acting a fuse.

And another longggggg red wire connected to nothing in the box and the other end may as well be connected to the NSF tyre

It’s hard to believe there’s people worse than me at wiring


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[Jamie R]

The tray may be ok as Tim has been in there recently ......

...... unless he’s kindly sheared the bolts in advance lol


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[Jamie R]

Hey kids..... here’s what not to do


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Thats for the rad fans innit?

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Anyways nothing in there for eps....its a standalone system...fuse is on battery post.

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[Jamie R]

I get the distinct impression it’s been spitting flames......
Maybe Mazda should have made these parts around the bumper out of something other than plastic


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