Ok so I was driving to the g/f's house when my car sounded funny (really low exhaust tone type thing) for about 1 second max and then the rpms dropped and the car died. Coasted to a stop and tried starting it again. RPMs wouldn't go above 500 or so and it still didn't sound right. After 10ish minutes (happened about 200 yards from her driveway ), me and her dad tried starting it. It started BARELY but sounded god-awful. Now it's sitting in her driveway. No CEL until I started it in her driveway and held it around 2500. P0300 misfire code 1/2 tank of gas, 7k on BHR coils and plugs, 37k miles on car with original engine, and the cat was never red. Opinions? I'll get a video later if you guys think it will help.

 

Put in you original set of coils. Find your oil change receipts. I think your a candidate for a new engine.

 

I had it changed at the dealership every 3k miles since new except for the last time. I have a receipt for that so I should be good on that front. Sucks because I've done EVERYTHING I'm supposed to and never had a problem till now. Guess that is life. Thanks.

 

Welcome to the boat of waiting.... 2 weeks of Dealership testing and now I have submitted my maintainence records on Monday and now its the waiting game again.... I did my changes (oil) every 3k as well.

 

Damn man, well goodluck. I dont remember if your making the Texas 8 but hopefully you can get a new engine.

unfortunately this is the way the Renesis is... hit or miss for some people. its a very weird engine that has a mind of its own, temperamental like a woman for sure... Its weird how I can read about people who bought 04's as soon as they came out and never had a problem at all with the engine and then I see other 04's with a shitload of engine problems.

 

Nah I wasn't planning on going. Maybe I will go just to get my 8 fix since I probably won't have my car. Thanks for the kind words.

 

WTBRotary- never had a problem until now (75k).... engine died. Good Luck OP.

 

See ^^^, weird stuff...

bummer, you should plan on coming... ~32 RX-8s so far at least there could be more

 

^Ill stick to SEVENSTOCK..... 1000+ Rotaries (esitmate)

 

Was talking to the OP zumn...

 

damn dude that sucks.... have you tried to start it from a cold start?

 

I'll be leaving her house in a couple hours or so. I'll update then. I was thinking about switching to a Civic anyways. This might be the final push. JP

 

 

I took them in that order. Accidental flash on the first. Is that abnormal or normal? This was after the ride home 7 miles, which totally sucked with no power. We just regraveled our driveway so my car bogged down and died once. Leaving the car off for a couple hours did nothing to improve starting/idling. My exhaust shroud is melting now too. Unburned gasoline wreaking havoc? Pray for me on the drive across town to the dealer in the morning. Oh yea about a mile into the trip home the CEL became constant. edit: If you look really closely at the second pic you can see it's glowing around the O2 sensor. Camera didn't pick it up too well. Pretty obvious in person.

 

Clogged cat. A local guy here has a RP cat he may be looking to sell, contact 8maniac.

 

got my fingers crossed for your j...

keep us posted...

 

It didn't look like that the first time though. May be wrong considering it doesn't really look red with the flash. Could the engine messing up be causing the extra unburnt fuel to have fubar'd the cat? Thanks zerolock

 

@ gamertag reference.

 

If you had a bad rotor, that would send unburnt fuel to the cat and it will clog up.

 

What typically happens is that people sense a loss of power and they get our igniiton system as a "fix". The problem is that by the time they feel the loss of power from weak coils, the OEM coils have already been causing cat damage for a little while and new coils won't fix it. This is why our installation instructions mention the several things that they do as disclaimers and cautions at the preface.

In any event, weak OEM coils causing cat damage is not exactly a rarity around here.

 

Just to clarify I guess, I never had anything to fix. I just got the BHR ignition because I had 30k miles and was swapping out coils anyway.

 

So may the car just need a new cat?

Sorry Jonathan, let me know if I can help -- I'll be around most of the weekend.

 

Maybe the best thing would be to, as Al suggested, reinstall the OEM coils and send me the BHR system and I will inspect/update everything? That way, you are covered on all accounts.

 

Deal. I lost one of the nylon bushing things anyway. I'll try to have it sent out today.

 

Well reinstalled the stock ignition and surprise, surprise...........car was exhibiting the same symptoms but was even a little harder to start. Had it trailered to the dealership. I'll post up an update as soon as I hear from them.