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i recently had difficulty starting my rx8 after i started it in cold weather and turned it off before it had chance to warm up, my brother in law had the same trouble with his rx8 and said it started easily with a tow . : any views:?
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yes it started but only after nearly 2 hours of crankin on and off which soon flattened the battery, had to start with a direct super charge ( which didnt do any good for the starter motor ). its a pain havin to warm the engine every time i need to move the car off the drive but hey! its worth it.
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Its not that hard to let it warm up, i drive a block and a half to school in the middle of winter (-20 degrees so no way in hell i am walking) all you have to do is start it 5 min before u are going anywhere.
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i would suggest keeping a quick jump in the trunk. my wife stalled and flooded mine a while back then she killed the battery trying to perform the accel to the floor crank 10 sec/ 3times fix w/no luck. After I got home I jumped it w/ her car and it didnt start after 30 sec of cranking so I went ahead and spun it for 60 sec in 10 sec intervals then it started but I dont know if you would get 60 sec of cranking on its own battery so Im buying a porta-jumper.
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its not the starter that gives up its the battery , what happens is that when the engine is flooded the fuel washes away the oil in the chamber which acts as a seal for compression , without compression the engine will never start. if you let the dealers fix it all they do is remove the plugs , squirt oil into the s/plug openings which acts as a seal, they then relace plugs and hey presto it starts and you end up with a large bill. neil ryan 54. u.k.
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