I recently bought a 2005 automatic RX-8, it somehow got heated and its head gasket blew. I Wanted to know what will be the effect of this on the engine due to that, as the engine has done only 10,000 miles? Also if I get the head gasket replaced, would it feel the same or not. Please help as I am in a fix!!!!!

 

what's a gas kit?

 

Gasket??????

 

What? Your not making any sense

 

If he says head gasket, I'm going to scream!

 

You mean there is another option?

With only 10,000 miles on a 2005, seems like the warranty should cover the "gas kit" (gasket?).

 

Yeah replacing that head gasket is going to cost you...

 

I'll assume you are serious and so I'll try to help you out. First, a rotary engine doesn't have a head and, therefore, no head gasket. There are seals at the apexes of the rotors, seals between the rotors and the housings, and seals between the housings. The engine must be torn down to replace any of those seals, so if one of those is "blown", you will need an engine rebuild or a new/remanufactured engine.

Where are you located and what is the climate like there? If it is hot and dry, you may have the well known engine failure problem that has plagued some automatic RX-8s in the hot-dry areas of the US. With only 10K miles on the car, take it in for warranty service. Good luck.

 

Wait a second...
You are saying that you blew a head gasket!?
Ok ok....is this like candid camera or something? This has to be a setup...

I really hate to sound like an ***, but I find it hard to believe that you blew a "head gasket", seeing as this is not part of a rotary engine. I find it hard to believe that you diagnosed this, as there is no way you could have EVER popped your hood to look at the engine. So, maybe you should try again.

There are plenty of helpful people on this forum that know alot about this car, but you need to do 2 things before starting threads.

1. Search. This is a great tool to finding loads of info on this site. Its easy to use, and if you do find what you're looking for, you save tons of time for waiting on replies(or flames)
2. If you do feel compelled to start a thread, try your best to make sure that the question at hand makes sense.

Anyhow good luck with that head gasket. Hope it doesn't keep you down for too long.

JP

 

Blew? Head?!?

Who knew it came in a kit! I would have bought that years ago...

 

i agree "chatha" spelled backwards is really "asshat"

 

head gasket

now you can scream!

 

In the original post it said "gas kit" and not "head gasket". He went back and edited it later after the term came up. It is obvious he doesn't know that the rotary doesn't have a head gasket. He must have thought that since it was mentioned, that was what it is.

Now trying to interpret him it sounds like he overheated the car. As we all know this is bad and can lead to warpage of the rotor housings causing an external coolant leak. I'm not sure where he is from but judging by the name, he probably isn't in the U.S. and probably doesn't speak english as his native language. On top of that, rotary support probably isn't very good or well understood out there. From what it sounds like, the engine has a warped housing and needs to be rebuilt. Not going to be easy.

 

Why does he not come back and let us help him?

 

"Chatha (Urdu: چٹھہ ) is a Punjabi tribe in western and central parts of the Pakistan's province of Punjab" [Wikipedia]

An attempt by terrorists to disrupt essential communications in the US.

 

hey while ur at it u might as well check n see if u bent a valve when u blew a head gasket..........lol

 

 

Dam foos when an scarrred hem away

 

why try to help, one post wonder....

beers