Any mechanic recommendations in OC? - Page 3

10-06-2011, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by scremn8

if they unplugged the battery then the car will do that until the trim has reset it's self. a few miles of straight driving will fix it if that is the case

I would expect any good shop to advise the customer about the fuel trim reset, if they had disconnected the battery. Kind of a fail, if they didn't....

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10-06-2011, 12:17 PM

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kinnda fail that people don't know this already and have to be told.

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10-06-2011, 01:27 PM

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^ Jedi.. I haven't taken it back yet cuz i just have been swamped the last few days... And I remember when I changed my coils, i had similar symptoms and within a day or two, improved. Now that it is 2 days since I got it back, I'll give them a call later today to see when I can bring it by.

Yes, the water pump was replaced but my car was not seized... When i saw the coolant busting out from the water pump, there was still about 25% coolant left in the tank and my temp gauge never moved.. I know our temp gauge sux *** in terms of being a good indicator, but on the plus side it didnt move.

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10-06-2011, 05:39 PM

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Thanks my friend. That intake is HKS one, I bought from a guy in here ( he sold his 8). For sure it will be ready for sevenstock but, I don't think they finish before OC meet

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Is that a cold air hks intake?

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10-06-2011, 05:51 PM

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^no, HKS only came out with a SRI

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10-06-2011, 05:52 PM

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more information found here: https://www.rx8club.com/australia-new-zealand-forum-37/hks-talks-about-intakes-rx-8-a-122680/

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10-06-2011, 06:44 PM

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^no, HKS only came out with a SRI

What is SRI anyway? When I bought it from a member on this forum, he said he lost the Air box or something, so I got only this thing.

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10-07-2011, 10:31 AM

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SRI = Short Ram Intake
CAI = Cold Air Intake

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10-19-2011, 12:08 AM

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Just wanted to bump for a quick update. took my car back to neptune speed and thank goodness it was something small... it was a cracked intake tube and got that replaced. yoshida also cleaned out my throttle body. inexpensive fix and again, great guys at neptune speed...

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10-04-2012, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by rotary's dream

Should I mix the Royal purple with Castrol GTX? I still have 2 quarters of Royal Purple =.='.

Yoshiya at Neptune Speed changed my oil (and plugs, coils, wires) yesterday; he advised to avoid synthetic oils because it's difficult to know which ones burn cleanly, except for maybe Idemitsu's.

(But that Idemitsu exception also seems in doubt, based on a photo and finding in the "translation" link you'll find in Post #2000 of the "Cumulative Synthetic Oil Discussion" string on this site.)