[yuik]

Originally Posted by magman007

I personally have not heard of a flooded rx8 engine in quite some time, but then again, I don't follow them that much. My father has one with 65k bought new in 04 that has been a champ. The original ecu allowed battery turn over at a lower voltage, which would cause flooding, we flooded it once, remove spark plug, turn over, replace spark plug and go.

They are a bit more maintenance heavy in the way that you have to add a bit of oil every 1k miles, and check it every other fill up. Most guys who are into the cars will "premix" their oil and add a bit at fill up depending on how much they put in the tank.

That being said, its the simplest engine out there, and there is really only 1 mode of failure, and that is the apex seal. If you pre mix, or just keep an eye on the oil, you can own one with no issues for years to come.

What do you mean premix the oil ?

[randomdean100]

Originally Posted by yuik

What do you mean premix the oil ?

Pretty sure he means mix a little bit of oil with gas, like how you mix 2-stroke oil and gas for a lawn mower or weed whacker.

[yuik]

Originally Posted by randomdean100

Pretty sure he means mix a little bit of oil with gas, like how you mix 2-stroke oil and gas for a lawn mower or weed whacker.

Why the **** do you do this ? are the oil ports in terrible spots on the rx8?

[randomdean100]

Originally Posted by yuik

Why the **** do you do this ? are the oil ports in terrible spots on the rx8?

Something to do with a certain seal that doesn't get lubricated using the drip system from what I believe is the tranny fluid. Since it gets misted in with the gas it is able to coat everything more evenly.

[firl21]

I just ordered a hot lava FR-s
Ill let you know about it once it comes in

[Supra_MKIII]

Originally Posted by yuik

Why the **** do you do this ? are the oil ports in terrible spots on the rx8?

The apex seals that blow all the time become much more durable when they're not all dried out.

It's sort of like the piston rings in a traditional motor. Imagine there's no oil around the pistons, and the cylinder walls are getting no lubrication at all. It's probably gonna eat through rings and leave you with no compression pretty damn quick.

The oil keeps the whole thing lubricated better and makes them last longer.

[Marko34256]

Originally Posted by magman007

I personally have not heard of a flooded rx8 engine in quite some time, but then again, I don't follow them that much. My father has one with 65k bought new in 04 that has been a champ. The original ecu allowed battery turn over at a lower voltage, which would cause flooding, we flooded it once, remove spark plug, turn over, replace spark plug and go.

They are a bit more maintenance heavy in the way that you have to add a bit of oil every 1k miles, and check it every other fill up. Most guys who are into the cars will "premix" their oil and add a bit at fill up depending on how much they put in the tank.

That being said, its the simplest engine out there, and there is really only 1 mode of failure, and that is the apex seal. If you pre mix, or just keep an eye on the oil, you can own one with no issues for years to come.

Right, they're fine cars--if you stay on top of the maintenance, which is why I wouldn't recommend it to a casual buyer.

[worrgames_slaya]

My turbo kit was $88k but now my lambo is quick.

Why is this still a thread?

[yuik]

Originally Posted by Supra_MKIII

The apex seals that blow all the time become much more durable when they're not all dried out.

It's sort of like the piston rings in a traditional motor. Imagine there's no oil around the pistons, and the cylinder walls are getting no lubrication at all. It's probably gonna eat through rings and leave you with no compression pretty damn quick.

The oil keeps the whole thing lubricated better and makes them last longer.

Don't RX7s have an oil injection kind of like 2 stroke outboards ? and if they do wouldn't you get some crazy *** carbon deposits ?


I always loved the *******s who didn't trust oil injection on jet skis and outboards so they pre mixxed The gas like a dirt bike . They would say if the oil injection goes your motor is dead , same goes for a lot of things if your water impeller goes and you don't realize the motor is also dead .

[firl21]

Originally Posted by Supra_MKIII

The apex seals that blow all the time become much more durable when they're not all dried out.

It's sort of like the piston rings in a traditional motor. Imagine there's no oil around the pistons, and the cylinder walls are getting no lubrication at all. It's probably gonna eat through rings and leave you with no compression pretty damn quick.

The oil keeps the whole thing lubricated better and makes them last longer.

Its like a dye gun, If no lube, the orings go poopie

[DrobertsPB]

Originally Posted by firl21

Its like a dye gun, If no lube, the orings go poopie

I don't understand

[yuik]

Originally Posted by firl21

Its like a dye gun, If no lube, the orings go poopie

Why would you use a gun to dye clothes ?!

[A Contract Killer]

Originally Posted by yuik

Why would you use a gun to dye clothes ?!

I think he might be talking about some industrial process used to dye large pieces of fabric before it is cut into individual articles of clothing.

[magman007]

Originally Posted by randomdean100

Something to do with a certain seal that doesn't get lubricated using the drip system from what I believe is the tranny fluid. Since it gets misted in with the gas it is able to coat everything more evenly.

This. its just added assurance to the factory method.

[iAmGreeK]

Ehh they are slow. Go for like a mustang or a civic.

[worrgames_slaya]

Originally Posted by iAmGreeK

Ehh they are slow. Go for like a mustang or a civic.

r u srs?

Leave ST:A forever.

[$h0cK3r]

Originally Posted by iAmGreeK

Ehh they are slow. Go for like a mustang or a civic.

Mustang to a Civic good comparison

[flalasoya]

Much rather have a slightly used 2006-2007 sti or a 09-11 hatch wrx

[yuik]

Originally Posted by flalasoya

Much rather have a slightly used 2006-2007 sti or a 09-11 hatch wrx

Good luck finding a slightly used 06 sti lol .

[poomunj]

s2000

[yuik]

Originally Posted by poomunj

s2000

Rx7 too fsd3