View Poll Results: My RX-8 has all the TSB Upgrades and . . .
. . . it has never flooded and I turn it off cold all the time.
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0%
. . . it has flooded once and I turn it off cold all the time.
1
10.00%
. . . it has flooded twice (or more) and I turn it off cold all the time.
0
0%
. . . it has never flooded but I'm careful not to turn it off cold.
8
80.00%
. . . it flooded once even though I'm careful not to turn it off cold.
1
10.00%
. . . it flooded twice (or more) even though I'm careful not to turn it off cold.
0
0%
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Flooding with TSB upgrades?
#1
Flooding with TSB upgrades?
So I've been seriously considering purchasing an RX-8. A few days ago I started reading the huge 1000+ post thread on flooding, and very quickly started to question whether the car was worth it. Then I realized that I was on post 100 and thus reading posts from 3 years ago. So I skipped to the end of the thread and started reading about all the upgrades now available (starter, plugs, battery, ecu flash, etc) through the TSB.
If I buy an 8 it will most likely be a 2004, which may or may not already have the TSB upgrades. If not I plan to take it in to have those upgrades done.
However I want to know how well these upgrades fixed the problem in these cars. I understand that any rotary is more susceptible to flooding, but from what I was reading in the 1000+ post thread on flooding it is/was a serious problem with the RX-8.
If I buy an 8 it will most likely be a 2004, which may or may not already have the TSB upgrades. If not I plan to take it in to have those upgrades done.
However I want to know how well these upgrades fixed the problem in these cars. I understand that any rotary is more susceptible to flooding, but from what I was reading in the 1000+ post thread on flooding it is/was a serious problem with the RX-8.
#2
Hermitage Holdout
Originally Posted by aireq
So I've been seriously considering purchasing an RX-8. A few days ago I started reading the huge 1000+ post thread on flooding, and very quickly started to question whether the car was worth it. Then I realized that I was on post 100 and thus reading posts from 3 years ago. So I skipped to the end of the thread and started reading about all the upgrades now available (starter, plugs, battery, ecu flash, etc) through the TSB.
If I buy an 8 it will most likely be a 2004, which may or may not already have the TSB upgrades. If not I plan to take it in to have those upgrades done.
However I want to know how well these upgrades fixed the problem in these cars. I understand that any rotary is more susceptible to flooding, but from what I was reading in the 1000+ post thread on flooding it is/was a serious problem with the RX-8.
If I buy an 8 it will most likely be a 2004, which may or may not already have the TSB upgrades. If not I plan to take it in to have those upgrades done.
However I want to know how well these upgrades fixed the problem in these cars. I understand that any rotary is more susceptible to flooding, but from what I was reading in the 1000+ post thread on flooding it is/was a serious problem with the RX-8.
#3
i got the upgrade, and have shut it off cold a few times (coolant temp reading 110-130) without issue. The problem is, you don't always flood if you shut it off cold, so doing so a few times doesn't mean you're immune to flooding.
#6
Hermitage Holdout
In my case I'm talking +/- 100 starts during cold weather months in NH without anything remotely resembling a flood or near flood since the new starter was installed.
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