acherry370

It's happened twice now and I have replaced the coils and plug will be tommorow I changed coils yesterday and it stalled out today and took about 2 minutes to start and then ran fine after that. Help. Could it be my cat? And I just went over 80 k 2 weeks ago

kingaaron

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How's the battery & starter?

acherry370

Battery is good it's a optima and I have a tender I hook up to it once a week and starter is fine it had been replaced by previous owner with the upgraded one

acherry370

And when I say stalled out I mean just straight died while in driving when I put it into neutral to coast off a exit ramp

monchie

Original engine? Just curious...

Easy_E1

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dun dun dun dun duuun. Might be time for a new engine.
Any loss of power? Or just hard starts when hot?

acherry370

No it's been replaced and no loss of power that I can tell

acherry370

Starts fine until this
Happens to

SpIcEz

I had the same issue. And I changed the battery, plugs, coils, cables, starter, cleaned MAF, air filter, etc... to no avail.

In the end it was low compression and a new engine, which is being replaced as we speak.

Save yourself some headaches and time and go straight for a compression test.

If it isnt that, at least you'll know and it'll be out of the way.

My adventure: https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-trouble-shooting-95/hard-starting-problems-possible-engine-replaced-217191/

acherry370

my symptoms are nothing like yours spicez it starts up perfect all the time unless it dies which rarely happens then takes forever to start its almost like it runs out of gas for a minute when it has plenty

SpIcEz

That I had last year.

Sounds like a fuel pump.

When it dies, does it just keep going down in RPM even as you press the gas pedal?

Once it dies, the fuel pump cools down and after 15-20mins usually you can restart it.

Search for fuel pump failure on the forum, and try to diagnose it. If it is that, just replace it with a Walbro for 100-125$, its pretty easy.

acherry370

That's what my dad said it sounded like but it only takes me about 3 minutes to start idk ha but thanks for the advice and I'll look into it

SpIcEz

It could take 2mins, or 30mins. Depends on how far gone your fuel pump is.

xexok

You might also consider taking your fuel pump out and cleaning the sock in there. Depending how long its been since it was last done it could be filthy. If your at 80k miles on the original fuel pump you may as well just replace it and see if it helps, it certainly cant hurt.

acherry370

any good links on how to do this?

tonik

Any update?..I do have same problem...It's happened 3x now but this time I feel like it lost a little bit power and it back to normal after driving around 10km..
Plus the water pump is leaking but it's minimal because the coolant level still above minimum. Could it be the cause?

Sorry for thread jacking..

GRrx8

i have the same problem im at almost 49k and it takes a while to start up it just started doing this about 3months ago...what could be wrong with it?

tonik

I've searched and it seems like its a faulty fuel pump.. I've ordered a Walbro 255 fuel pump today and hopefully by nxtweek it will be installed..

acherry370

little late but i changed the fuel cap after it fell apart tryin to take it off and havent had this happen since

ShellDude

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curious about those running out to buy a new fuel pump.... anyone taking the time to check your fuel pressure first?

lastphaseofthis

+1.

SpIcEz

I didint in my case.

Car died after running 2mins.
The pump was fried there was no point in testing.

acherry370

haha looks like i revived a dead thread

tonik

fuel pump was the culprit..I dont have the time and equipments to test the pressure..
I think its the fuel pump thats overheating..