RX8 tune-up
07-22-2003, 11:06 AM
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RX8 tune-up
When is the main tune-up for the mazda rx8. I know mazda6 tune-up is at 75,000 miles, mazda truck is at 100,000 miles. Just wondering when do you have to do tune-up on the rx8?
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07-22-2003, 02:07 PM
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The manual says major inspections of almost everything at 30k miles/48k km. Plugs are changed at 37.5k miles/60k km. MT and diffy oil are changed at 60k miles/96k km.
07-22-2003, 03:15 PM
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Originally posted by mantisflie
I thought the 8 didn't have a timing belt?
I thought the 8 didn't have a timing belt?
no worries mantis
as per the cost, it's not going to be more than a piston-powered car (of similar maintenance activities) by virtue of it's motor, if that's what you're worried about.
4 spark plugs, 4 wires, diff fluid, tranny fluid, bearing/joint/etc checks, chassis lube... nothing out of the ordinary.
07-22-2003, 03:23 PM
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Originally posted by agisd
do we have a cost estimate of the these?
do we have a cost estimate of the these?
07-22-2003, 09:30 PM
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Originally posted by ggreen29
Plugs are changed at 37.5k miles/60k km.
Plugs are changed at 37.5k miles/60k km.
07-22-2003, 10:04 PM
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Years ago, I had a 1974 RX-3 which practically ate spark plugs for breakfast. I finally gave up and got a set of lifetime "fire injectors" like the ones J.C. Whitney carried. (Yes, I know tests never showed them to be any better!) Interestingly, the electrodes never burned away like the regular plugs; it was the only solution I found. I imagine that problem was solved in later rotaries and won't be a problem with the RX-8.
07-24-2003, 11:46 AM
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My third gen RX-7 would need new plugs every 6-8k miles. At around $10 a plug, it get's expensive fast. Has anyone seen the plugs on the RX-8? I know they're NGK's but did they change the desgin from the last 7?
07-24-2003, 06:02 PM
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Originally posted by neit_jnf
Aren't the spark plugs Iridium-tip?? I thought those lasted very long...
Aren't the spark plugs Iridium-tip?? I thought those lasted very long...
07-25-2003, 04:30 AM
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Your spark plugs will last longer if you follow the "short trip procedure" in the quick tips booklet. The Mazda guys that are touring the country told me that's the reason for "short trip procedure" being in the booklet, so that you don't foul up the spark plugs with unburned fuel. They also told me why white wasn't an available color in the U.S.
07-25-2003, 06:41 PM
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Originally posted by wakeech
hahaha... he's KIDDING!!
no worries mantis
hahaha... he's KIDDING!!
no worries mantis
Instead of saying someone was kidding, you could have just told him that someone was pulling his "timing" chain. :D
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