04RX8man

^glad I don't live in Texas....i feel bad for ya'll and your cars....I'll try to send some cooler weather your way!...snow perhaps? haha

missprissypants

My car was prb parked next to yours lol..
Well I finally got a call frm them, it was the cat. converter.. And I get to pick her up today!!! I'm so excited.. So if you hear marbles in a can in the back, you now know what it is.. O and stalling when its super hot.. But then its sooo hard to determind whats wrong wit this car.. Thanks everyone..

BTW snow would be great!!!

9krpmrx8

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That's good to know. Hopefully the clogged cat didn't do any damage to the engine (its a fairly common issue). Just keep an eye on the way the car runs and let us know if you have any issues with it. Peace Out.


Snow! WTF? How about 70 degree weather so we can do a hill country run instead

04RX8man

^haha hell i'd love some 70 degree weather! haha...

missprissypants

Ok so I'm sooo pissed!!! I havent been driving my car since it came back frm the dealership and plus it hasnt been as hot.. Well guess what? My car is running worse!! Everything sounds the same.. Plus other noises now.. I got a new cat. put in it hasnt died out.. Well not to night, I was on my way to the bar and its only 85 degrees.. Right off of I 10 my freaking car dies out!!!!! I cant belive it.. I just dont know what to do anymore!!

9krpmrx8

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I'm telling you you need a new engine. Be at North park first thing Monday!!! Your getting a new engine.

missprissypants

Aww but that suks!! Will they give me a rental car that day? Are you still waiting on ur car too? Im sad...

9krpmrx8

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Don't be too sad, at least you have warranty. There was a chick there when I dropped off my car that didn't have warranty and needed a new engine. She was crying. I picked up my car last Wednesday and she is running great!!!!!

Once they get the approval from Mazda they will send you across the street to Enterprise to pick up your rental.

ampy60

This may be kinda off, but have you pissed anyone off lately? My wife told me of some of her friends putting a marble in someone's fuel tank, that will eventually roll around and block the fuel line...stall....wait..the suction is no longer there and the marble moves and the the car can start again. Appears to be completely random with no actual bad parts.

Huey52

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Your wife needs new 'friends.' Just sayin'.....

ampy60

It was back in high school, you know with all the drama.

kidouninja

I am having these same issues cept my car hasnt died cause I saved it from dying. This started last night on my way back from work I am going to Nelson Mazda first thing in the morning to tell them what is happening and see what they say. And I know about this Texas heat you all have been having same thing here in Oklahoma and it has been screwing with my car BAD.

I8U

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^Fuel pump...have them check that.

kidouninja

I dont think a fuel pump makes clanking noises from the engine bay and under the car where the engine is. It sounded worse than it did when I spun a bearing on my old integra.

I8U

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I thought you referring to your engine stalling...clanking noise is never good.

kidouninja

yeah way excessive noise and it tries to stall and it wouldnt accelerate this afternoon on my way to work on the highway doing 65 in third. I was kinda scared.....

I8U

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Did you check to see if the cat is glowing when you have acceleration issues? How many miles and what year?

kidouninja

looked under car nothing glowing at all everything looked fine. it has about 87-88k in that range and its an 04

I8U

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Well, if it is the cat, your out of warranty on that so, that's $1200 from Mazda...but it does give you reason to go with a nice aftermarket cat and decent exhaust. But you should take it in and have them look at it...it could end up being the motor.

kidouninja

hmmm yeah last time I took it to them though they wanted 100 dollars to check the CEL before they went into it more cause it has been lacking power for a while now and I told them that, and that it occasionally stalled but they wouldnt touch it till I forked over 100 dollars so they could check the CEL though.

luv4eternity

im definitely going with MAF ...coz if its specific time in the afternoon where the air is hot , then somethings wrong with ur air flow coz of the density ....probably ...i might be wrong...

kidouninja

well took it to the dealer and made an appointment for Friday since they are booked up till then. Talked to one of the advisors about it he was saying "cat, cat, cat" until I went to start it up to leave right as it started it died and had to start it up again and it was idling rough thats when he told me or a new engine. So they are going to test my cat and do a compression test to see what happens Friday. Ill update you Friday when I find something out.

9krpmrx8

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kidouninja

lol that wasnt my intentions at all I just noticed that he had the same complaint and was trying to get more information from people without starting a new thread and getting flamed by several hundred people chiming in "search" to get their post count higher thats all

ASH8

Hate to repeat myself , or sound like a broken record, but if you live in Texas ( or anywhere HOT) you should be opening up your rear OIL Cooler Vent Holes.

Cooler Oil means a Cooler engine...and a HAPPIER engine.

https://www.rx8club.com/series-ii-diy-161/diy-improve-oil-cooler-air-flow-up-10-15%25-168650/