I have been wondering if that has contributed to the flooding problems some people have been having. Being a brand new rotary owner, I was pushing the pedal to the floor once while cranking it until I read the specific instruction in the manual. Now I just push in the clutch and turn the key. So far, no problems, but it is mainly thanks to the clear warnings I have gotten from this forum.

Also, my salesman (who is a senior, 7 year Mazda salesman) never mentioned this at all to me, even AFTER the deal was closed. Kinda pisses me off. Twice he asked me to give him all "excellent" when I get my custormer survey form from Mazda, so he could win a vacation or something.

I don't think so!

 

Thanks, Gingersrus. Now you added that to this forum, and I'll use that info... the great 18" chrome wheel of karma...



Yeah, I got his vacation right here...

 

Flooding...I am getting to the point I don't even want to start the car now - too scared.

Maybe I can con someone into running behind the car and pushing it down the road with me pretending to drive it...just avoid the problem altogether.

It looks real good in the driveway though...heh heh

 

Katchoo, are you saying you actually have a bad flooding problem, or are you just getting freaked out by all the stories you're reading online?

 

If your car floods chronically (except if you're obviously not taking heed to the cold-shutdown processes), then keep taking it back to the dealer until you can sell it back to them as a lemon. I think that people experiencing chronic flooding issues have something up with their car - battery, plugs, something - and should be pestering their dealers to fix it.

If it's not flooding and you're just worried it will - forget about it and drive it. Otherwise it's like walking around each day looking up and worrying that space-junk is going to come out of the sky and hit you. If you spend all your time looking up for space-junk, eventually you'll walk in front of a bus. The analogy being (in case I'm being too obtuse) that if you worry about it and modify your behaviour due to excessive worry about the issue you're more likely to inadvertently do something to cause a problem.

If you can't stop worrying that it will flood then you should probably sell it.

Simon.

 

Space junk!? Damn, now something else to worry about. I'm just gonna stay in bed tomorrow.

 

Flooding problem? Solved!

Take the worry out of starting. Since the cause of flooding is usually situational (like a short trip without warm up), I have figured out the answer...

Buy a second RX-8! Then, you'll have one to drive, while your plugs are getting changed out! I'm saving up, anyone want to contribute send check or money order to: Buy Me Another 8, c/o Icanrel-8, PO Box 888, Burbank.... :D :D

Also solves the question of color selection!