I hope they'll put in a 6-port (although not likely).
Would be nice to get a little more HP that way

 

Good news Mike. Glad to here that Mazda is doing their job.
God Bless Mazda.

 

My car is getting a new engine as well. This one lasted till 67,500 miles. Now if I can just get them to install a new clutch and lightweight flywheel then I will be set.

 

Those 04 automatics--bad bad news.

Glad to hear that Mazda and the dealership came through.

 

how do i know this wont happen again??

 

How do you you know you won't get hit by a bus tomorrow.....Enjoy what you got why you can or live in a bubble. Get the car back and sell it or stop worrying and enjoy it. I would hope it will be good for another 70-80,000 miles on that new engine atleast.

 

You don't. As with life, there are no guarantees.
(besides, isn't the engine warrantied??)

 

dealer says it will have a one year 12k warranty
kidna week

 

not bad for a FREE engine. (that you got OUT of warranty)

 

Glad to read you're going to be okay, Mike! Are you getting a brand spanking new Renesis? If so, don't forget to go by RacingBeat's website and break it in properly. Maybe this new one'll last longer than the first? It's good to know Mazda's standing by you.

 

you guys are right

i just miss the car
and im sick of my rental

thanks

 

It's cool man, we all go through withdrawls. When are you getting it back? Did they at least give you a decent rental?

 

i have a pontiac grand prix rental
ive had it for one week
i should get my car back in another week

they said the engine is coming from missmissippi and that would take 3 to 5 days
also the install is two days

 

Miss. Missippi? She's a *****!

 

lol

 

but she still took time to pose in your avatar!

 

ok mazda got my new motor friday and start the install today
anyone know how long the install should take?

 

if they're not lazy, couple of hours.

but dealerships ..... make that 2-3 days.

 

Mike,
Glad to hear things went your way. Mine's in the shop right now 04 Manual (driving a Fusion).

Although this link is for the third gen it's more info to add to Racing Beats break in:
http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/3r...p_breakin.html

What is weird to me is people using the word "abuse". What is that? I can imagine that to be letting the fluids run low, using it to tow something beyond it's capacity, not performing scheduled maintenance, not performing recalls, setting it on fire and some other neglectful ideas. But I think some are considering the redline abuse. If the Renesis weren't designed to operate at it's allowed redline why would they permit it to? The manual does state not to downshift into first above a certain mph. Not following that guideline would equal abuse. But the other parameters have been laid out very clearly in the manual.

My two cents.

 

8 hours to swap an engine confirmed by friend who's a Mazda tech. But they will probably be lazy and it will take 2-3 days more likely than not.

Glad to hear you got a free engine.

 

It took my local Mazda Stealership a week and a half to change my engine! They told me that they only had one rotary tech and he was "really busy".

Needless to say I don't care for that dealership very much.

 

I don't believe your dealership was lying to you. They make one rotary engine car and they have to pay for techs to go to training. Doesn't make sense to have more than one or two "rotary guys" at the most. The specialist guys are usually the best techs too. These are the guys who get the hard to fix stuff. Don't be too quick to jump on the "stealership" band wagon.

 

Mike, I saw your car at Tustin on the lift with the motor out and on the ground. It was sad to see a dead Renesis.

One of my friends works at Tustin as a tech--he is VERY knowledgeable and I only trust him to work on my 8.

FS

 

wow^^^
i wanted to take pics of my car with the motor out
but i didnt lol

i hope its done soon
ive had two rental cars and its been one month
so i guess i have to break this motor in like the old one ???

 

Since your previous motor died, perhaps you should do the exact opposite of whatever you did last time.