Very frightening CEL
08-19-2009, 06:21 PM
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Very frightening CEL
About 2000 miles back my car would hesitate when I put foot. It turned into it wouldn't accelerate at all and also a flashing engine light that would go away after about 10 seconds...
I was convinced that it might be oil problem .. I had it changed and the problem seemed to go away until today..
After work , everytime the slightest acceleration .. the car would jump and no accelerate, then i would get the flashing engine light again? ..
If anyone could help, i would be more than happy!!! ")")")")")"
I work at a dodge dealer and they have affiliates with wayne mazda so i won't get screwed over that much with parts pricing...
I was convinced that it might be oil problem .. I had it changed and the problem seemed to go away until today..
After work , everytime the slightest acceleration .. the car would jump and no accelerate, then i would get the flashing engine light again? ..
If anyone could help, i would be more than happy!!! ")")")")")"
I work at a dodge dealer and they have affiliates with wayne mazda so i won't get screwed over that much with parts pricing...
08-19-2009, 06:25 PM
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misfires, change out your spark plugs/spark plug wires and ignition coils...and youll be set, you can buy and do everything yourself for a lot cheaper than the stealership
you can find all the DIYs in the DIY section or just search and it should pop right up
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ight=diy+coils heres my diy for the coils
you can find all the DIYs in the DIY section or just search and it should pop right up
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ight=diy+coils heres my diy for the coils
08-19-2009, 06:47 PM
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THanKKSS!! haha i already ordered them all for 75 dolalrs total .. through my service department ... but i heard that a coil pack is 550 .. is taht different from coils that your talking about ?
08-19-2009, 07:26 PM
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YESSSSSSSS, thats way too much, coils should be around 30$ a piece and you only need 4....what did you order for 75$?
heres a place that has the coils for cheap
http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...layCatalogid=0 everthing total for coils is somewhere around 120 for all four
if you got spark plugs for 75 for all four you gotta GREAT deal
heres a place that has the coils for cheap
http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...layCatalogid=0 everthing total for coils is somewhere around 120 for all four
if you got spark plugs for 75 for all four you gotta GREAT deal
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08-19-2009, 08:29 PM
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i ordred the plugs for that much it was a quote from my sales parts guy .. he JUST moved to mazda about 2 miles away from my present local..
meaning cheappp parts now
i hope my car makes it to work tomorow though...
meaning cheappp parts now
i hope my car makes it to work tomorow though...
08-19-2009, 08:31 PM
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niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....well yeah, now order your coils and install em yourself and do not take it to the stealership, theyll charge you an arm and a leg...dont forget to order some spark plug wires too, i highly recommend the racing beat wires
08-20-2009, 12:14 AM
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Exactly what dozer said. How many miles does your car have, if it's over 30k, and your not sure if they have ever been done, it's definately time. It's a really strait forward job, as long as you have a metric socket set and a 13/16th spark plug socket and a few extensions you can do it super easy. I would reccommend a very small ammount of anti seize on the threads of the plugs as well.
08-20-2009, 07:22 AM
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Your $550 number is just about = to the cost of the coil/wires/plugs kit from Black Hole Racing delivered. Plenty of posts on this site to look over if you want to check it out.
08-20-2009, 07:43 AM
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As say prior, COILS!
Same thing happened to me, I had two faulter coils so I just replaced all 4 myself. Its pretty simple if you have the extension tools needed. Any problems shoot me a PM.
Same thing happened to me, I had two faulter coils so I just replaced all 4 myself. Its pretty simple if you have the extension tools needed. Any problems shoot me a PM.
08-20-2009, 08:24 AM
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voodoo i could get it cheaper ( BELIEVE IT OR NOT LOL) through mazda dealer because of my connection through my dealer/job.. so im lookin at 75 at most for sparkplugs , coils maybe 100 at most (probaly less) and 50 for wires and ill have it in like 10 minuteslol.. but thanks for the replies .. this **** scared the crap outta me
08-20-2009, 03:22 PM
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voodoo i could get it cheaper ( BELIEVE IT OR NOT LOL) through mazda dealer because of my connection through my dealer/job.. so im lookin at 75 at most for sparkplugs , coils maybe 100 at most (probaly less) and 50 for wires and ill have it in like 10 minuteslol.. but thanks for the replies .. this **** scared the crap outta me
) as an investment in your ride. Staying stock means regular spend on replacements (I'm over 90K on my 03 build 6MT and have had to buy and install 3 times so far). The BHR kit should give you a longer life span for the invested $$$ and time.
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