RX-8 Flamed blow out - Any ideas?
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RX-8 Flamed blow out - Any ideas?
Well here is the story i was coming from wedding rehearsal and getting ready to meet up with my folks for dinner, thought i would stop by the auto-wash (being lazy) and have the car looking super clean for papadeux, anyway i got out the auto-wash and the car started to hesistate and putter halfway down the service road i was unable to go over 40mph. So i pulled over and the car dies and the check engine light is flashing , hell i figure water got in the engine some how or the intake so i inspect everything and nothing checked the filter (bone dry) , what else could it be. So i waited a little while and and it cranked back up no issues ate then drove home got about 20 mins along and the same issue this time i saw **** flying out the back so i pulled over and there was this:
So i figured at this point the cat is gone even though the glow looks nice , had the code checked out and it said fould spark plug , im like ok ill buy that so i bought new plugs wires and spent saturday changing them out. Sweet now that im done and its darks reset the ECu light stayed on F-it , lets go ride, so my boy grabs his camera and we get about 30 mins out - no issues - go eat come back home and it started all over again so my boy notices something coming out the exhaust so he grabs the camera and this is what we got;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiY59NeYUng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHt3_i9IBA
Now im screwed till i can get it to the dealer , mind you in the upside down vid i was only doing about 43mph trying to make it home cause we were on a bad road to get stuck on , felt like i was only running off one rotor.
Any ideas till i get it to the dealer ?
So i figured at this point the cat is gone even though the glow looks nice , had the code checked out and it said fould spark plug , im like ok ill buy that so i bought new plugs wires and spent saturday changing them out. Sweet now that im done and its darks reset the ECu light stayed on F-it , lets go ride, so my boy grabs his camera and we get about 30 mins out - no issues - go eat come back home and it started all over again so my boy notices something coming out the exhaust so he grabs the camera and this is what we got;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiY59NeYUng
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYHt3_i9IBA
Now im screwed till i can get it to the dealer , mind you in the upside down vid i was only doing about 43mph trying to make it home cause we were on a bad road to get stuck on , felt like i was only running off one rotor.
Any ideas till i get it to the dealer ?
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I did both resets and as soon as i try to crank it up the light is on again - gas mileage cant even be determinded right now as soon as the engine gets warm its hesistating and i cant go over 40mph
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if one rotor was not firing you will get a whole lot of unburnt fuel in your exhaust so yes it would explain it .
Uncivilized :
This all started to happen after the car wash right ?
It has to be related to water in the electrics - perhaps one of the plugs going to a coil .
Uncivilized :
This all started to happen after the car wash right ?
It has to be related to water in the electrics - perhaps one of the plugs going to a coil .
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I had 3 bad coils and i had to limp to mazda, by the time I got there my exhaust had a good bit of smoke comming from it
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if one rotor was not firing you will get a whole lot of unburnt fuel in your exhaust so yes it would explain it .
Uncivilized :
This all started to happen after the car wash right ?
It has to be related to water in the electrics - perhaps one of the plugs going to a coil .
Uncivilized :
This all started to happen after the car wash right ?
It has to be related to water in the electrics - perhaps one of the plugs going to a coil .
coil connections. not likely.
but plug wires loose or filled with water, yep.. or both..
car wash.. wow..
beers
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Your cat is done, son. Looks like you had a misfire or two and the unburnt fuel lit off in the cat. The good news is, it should be covered under warranty. The better news is you could just buy a race pipe and never worry about it again.
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