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Old 02-24-2011, 09:17 AM
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**Warranty Claim Denied** Best place to buy rotary engine?
My engine is done and Mazda denied the claim (not surprised).

Now I need a new engine "core" but I refuse to pay the $2800 that they want for one at my dealership.

Where is the best place to purchase a new engine? Mazmart?
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Mazmart is the best in my opinion. Rick E has built a billion of them. Where are you located?
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The only thing I don't like about buying a "core" is the amount of labor to tear down my original engine to install all the accessories on the new core.

I can get a full engine assembly on eBay for $2-3K and the labor would be MUCH cheaper to swap the engines.
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Just for education purposes, what exactly was the reasoning they gave to the denial?
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Just for education purposes, what exactly was the reasoning they gave to the denial?
look at his screen name. i hope he didnt try to get a new motor from mazda if he turboed his
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^^ lol I didnt want to assume
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Originally Posted by paimon.soror
Just for education purposes, what exactly was the reasoning they gave to the denial?
I honestly cant be bothered to type out everything I have been thru with Mazda.

Time to move on and solve the problem at hand.
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I found a local salvage yard that has a 2008 RX-8 with 8,000 miles that wants $1500 for the entire engine assy. They included a 101 day warranty and I can also pay an extra $300 for a 1 year warranty.

I guess I will go that route.
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Originally Posted by turborx8
I found a local salvage yard that has a 2008 RX-8 with 8,000 miles that wants $1500 for the entire engine assy. They included a 101 day warranty and I can also pay an extra $300 for a 1 year warranty.

I guess I will go that route.
Great deal, do that for sure.

BTW which yard has the 8 and did you notice what color it was?
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Originally Posted by turborx8
I found a local salvage yard that has a 2008 RX-8 with 8,000 miles that wants $1500 for the entire engine assy. They included a 101 day warranty and I can also pay an extra $300 for a 1 year warranty.

I guess I will go that route.

That's a steal. Jump on it.
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
That's a steal. Jump on it.
Already did. The car is located in Belleville, Ontario witch is a few hours away and they are only charging me $75 for next day delivery. lol
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Originally Posted by TheWulf
Great deal, do that for sure.

BTW which yard has the 8 and did you notice what color it was?
No idea what color the car is.

Give them a call.

http://www.hotchsautoparts.ca/contact_us.html
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Originally Posted by turborx8
My engine is done and Mazda denied the claim (not surprised).

Now I need a new engine "core" but I refuse to pay the $2800 that they want for one at my dealership.

Where is the best place to purchase a new engine? Mazmart?
$2800 sounds cheap to me after reading this board for a few weeks....

Have I gotten the wrong impression?

I just got my 2004 8 last week with no warranty so I am a little paranoid about the engine.
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remember, he's talking about just the core.
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Originally Posted by laythor
remember, he's talking about just the core.
That's right, just the core and they want the original core back so they can rebuild it.
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Originally Posted by turborx8
No idea what color the car is.

Give them a call.

http://www.hotchsautoparts.ca/contact_us.html
Thanks man.
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