Rachlayyy8

Ok... all caught up...

i didn't miss as much as i feared...


no updates...but right now im just waiting for my brother to go pick a new battery up for me i wasnt home all weekend and i jsut got back to orlando and i have class all week wont be back home until around the 12th.

so once i get a new battery i will wash my baby get her all shinny and run her mad!!! i will also post new pictures of her after i get her washed and waxed... Dont worry boys i didnt forget my dues...lol


btw any ideas on that code? or still waiting for the battery to check it again?? i think i read that but i could be mistaken...


ill check back in tomorrow or Wed. hope everyones having a good week!!!

Mazurfer

If I remember correctly.....we reckon it is nothing, or simply it knew the battery was bad. We shall see. If/when Ryan gets a battery, let us know and one of us can be there just to read the code if there is one and see how it starts and runs.

We(I) only got pissed at her because she made some stupid @*** comment without bothering to read what all was being done and or said.
I could've been a whole lot worse....trust me! I went very, very easy on her realizing she might just not know how to properly move about the forum yet.

EmperorBen

Lmao!!!

khronus79

iTrader: (1)

Great job guys, I can't believe I missed this thread, had I seen this earlier I could have come over along with some people from the Orlando crew and lend you guys a hand, fortunately everything has been solved.

Mazurfer

I'll speak for both of us......thanks!

IMO..............can't be sure it 100% solved and ready to go, but I think it is.

She goes to school in Orlando and the car will eventually be housed over there...........then you guys can take over if need be!

khronus79

iTrader: (1)

I'll link this thread to our local forum and see if she wants to join us, that way we can provide some assistance if something else comes up in the future.

CyberPitz

Very good job, guys. Need more people like you out and about. Might help stop the misconceptions of our engines exploding all the time when it's just something else.

Mazurfer

Hoping that they get a battery this weekend and maybe give us a call for one more going over, but it's up to Rachael and the families schedule. I'm sure Bastage will want to go as well.............we kinda adopted that car for a short time!

Yeah......I can't help but wonder how many engines have been replaced that really didn't need to be? That's a hard number to figure out amongst all the BS.
Anyway........we aren't pros by any means, but I'd like to think we saved the car and her a lot of money. Only time will really tell, it does have almost 150k on it.

Mazurfer

Rachael.......you have any update for us?
What's happening with the car..........did you get a battery?

Rachlayyy8

hey guys im sooo sorry i havent checked in ive been realllly busy!!! im going home tomorrow and buying a battery no offense but sometimes guys cant get things done without a girl, brother was too distracted to get one so ill handle that this weekend and post back up as soon as i get it done :D


again im sorry its taken so long!!!

Mazurfer

Hey, no reason to be sorry. Some of us have just been curious. I'll be around this weekend if ya need any help. I would like to see if how the car is behaving once the new battery goes in. Don't know what Bastage is up to, but I'd kinda like to be there when it's started up.


Dave

hughtwg

Just read the thread from start to finish. Kudos to the Mazurfer and Bastage for all the good work and everyone else who helped diagnose the problem. An awesome show of support for an 8 in need.

Bastage

iTrader: (1)

Hopefully she's having way too much fun driving around in her car to give us an update on the new battery

Mazurfer

Rachlayyy8

Hey guyyyyys

I got a new battery tonight!!! but since its been raining all day i havent put it in but you better believe it will be in tomorrow!!! im so excited!!! ill update again sometime this week about how shes running!!! thanks so much for taking the time and checking up on me!!! but ill talk to you guys either tonight or sometime later this week

rx8speeddmon

iTrader: (4)

You guys and a few like you are one of the reasons I stay on here! Amazing work helping her out and from everyone else who contributed useful information. Glad to see that things are going in the right direction and I look forward to reading about a well running 150k RX-8.

Rachlayyy8

Alright boys, new problem...< how i feel lol

Got a new battery like i posted last night, put it in the morning...ummm... if you dont hate me already youll hate me now... when i turn the key forward you know just to get the gauges up and stuff they turn on and go to the right spot the raido doesnt come on, when i try cranking the key all the way to start the car... NOTHING...nothing at all...no sounds nothing, no starting....wth am i doing wrong?! i was sooo excited to go out driving the 8 today and i cant :[ idk what to do...i leave for orlando again tonight but ryan and my mom will be here so idk im sure youll will want to stop by because your just that amazing!!! ill be home at the end of the month...let me know if you want them to try anything while im gone just post with details and ill relay the message...

HELP!!!! i seriously love you guys!!!!!!

Mazurfer

Rachael, I'm not working today(Monday) so I can swing by. I lost your mom's number, so hopefully she still has my cell. Give me a call or reply to this and I can run by for a looksee.


Now.........give me a hint.............you didn't possibly hook it up backwards at first did you?
It sounds like some fuses popped, but won't know till I get there.

Dave

CyberPitz

Stupid question here.......

Battery on backwards? Tested the battery to make sure it's A-OK.

That's all I can help with from here...GL.

Mazurfer

I'm wondering that myself.............I'm seeing if I can find her number. If not, I might just drive over there.

Read my edited post above!

Mazurfer

Replying to my own message!

I'm on the way over to take a look. Wish me luck!

JRichter

Good luck!

Vyndictive

iTrader: (28)

I was just reading a thread about how someone tried to jump their 8 with the cables on backwards... these sound like the same problems... it was the main fuse that blew and knocked out most of the systems... so if you read this, that is where I would start.

CyberPitz

Yay, I didn't ask that stupid of a question! I'm moving up in the world

GL Maz.

Mazurfer

I'm back..........all is fine. We all had it pretty much pegged.

If you've been reading through this thread then we all know she needed a new battery, well...............before she got the new battery, her ********(she approved that use!) ex-boyfriend(or something likr that) hooked up the battery charger to the old battery backwards while it was in the car and proceeded to melt the battery post right into the battery.

So anyway, when she installed the new one.............well, you all read it. It wouldn't start as stated. Some lights were on and some were not.

So..............after getting this info when I got there, and also having read that thread, I unhooked the new battery and immediately went to the 120A main fuse. Measured across those two terminals up in the fuse compartment and no continuity. Unhooked those two wires(terminals) and then lifted out the back portion of the fuse box and turned it, then I unbolted the 120A mainfuse. Checked again once it was out and still no continuity.

She jumped on the phone with Mazda to order one because we knew they wouldn't have any in stock. Meantime I made a sizeable jumper out of two pieces of 16awg wire, and wired that in where the fuse would normally go. Put the whole fuse box back in, reconnected the two wires to the terminals, and rehooked up the battery.

She jumped in and it started right away.

It also took out the audio fuse in the cabin, but we got that squared away as well......since there is a spare.

Reset the DCS because the battery was taken off.

Hooked up the Scangauge because I knew if I didn't that Bastage would ask.......and I wanted to know as well.
No codes......no CEL. Left the Scangauge hooked up and she then drove up to get some gas in the car. Returned about 10-15 minutes later and while still running, I again checked the scangauge........all clean. Bastage........I also saw the water temp at 202 degrees and this is about 20 minutes after the car was started.

I also verified the alternator wasn't doing anything weird due to having seen reverse ploarity. I wanted to be sure no diodes got cooked.

So............I then explained that some of the protection(the fuse) has been overridden at the moment and don't let anyone near the battery, until either you or I come over and put that fuse back in once it arrives.


Rachael............I know you will read this! We didn't check all the operations of the car, so you could still have other blown fuses just like the radio was. Next time you start the car, please have someone go around while you are in it and check your brake lights, turn signals, etc. I know you are driving it this afternoon, so I hope you see this before you take off.