What have you done to your RX-8 today????
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Re: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
Gapping side seals this afternoon, boring!
Detailed check of housings, rotors, end covers and irons returned from the ultrasonic and slurry blast cleaning confirms the guy who did the work there was a vandal. I have been back with the rotors and housings and got my money back plus the price of the rotor bearings which had the bearing overlay plating partially stripped. Owner was most apologetic and also angry with his worker who was not around when I returned.
The outside of the housings was poorly cleaned and the water jacket grooves and faces had not been touched at all!
The parts had not been rinsed dried before wrapping in cling film so there were salty deposits and stains on what should have been pristine surfaces.
At least they were degreased thoroughly!
Detailed check of housings, rotors, end covers and irons returned from the ultrasonic and slurry blast cleaning confirms the guy who did the work there was a vandal. I have been back with the rotors and housings and got my money back plus the price of the rotor bearings which had the bearing overlay plating partially stripped. Owner was most apologetic and also angry with his worker who was not around when I returned.
The outside of the housings was poorly cleaned and the water jacket grooves and faces had not been touched at all!
The parts had not been rinsed dried before wrapping in cling film so there were salty deposits and stains on what should have been pristine surfaces.
At least they were degreased thoroughly!
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Re: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
Sold it. Impending company car, and could not justify the expense. Keep you eyes peeled late Jan for some parts coming up for sale.
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What have you done to your RX-8 today????
Sad day Steve :xmassad:
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Re: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
All the best Steve..as I recall,I demonstrated Meguiars Plast-Rx on his headlights,at the IWM Duxford day in August 2016 :xmascool:
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Yes you did SeeJay - definitely a product I’ll be using for future needs. Looking like the better half’s Mini Cooper will be needing it soon.SeeJay wrote:All the best Steve..as I recall,I demonstrated Meguiars Plast-Rx on his headlights,at the IWM Duxford day in August 2016 :xmascool:
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Yes a sad day. Have met some great people through this club, and enjoyed the events Trudie and I have attended.GreySilver Beast wrote:Sad day Steve :xmassad:
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No reason why you still can't come along in your Company Car or Trudie's Cooper :xmasthumleft:
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Re: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
Not today, but yesterday, my Vgate icar3 arrived and managed to pair it with both my car and phone (used forscan with wifi) read my power steering module fault code (1342-ff), believe it means it's fubar, so at least I know where I'm looking now, although I've read that some people have had this fault code and then had to replace the rack, everyone please keep your fingers crossed that it is the module please.
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Re: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
Washed, polished, waxed. Even gave the engine bay a bit of a clean and the exhaust tips a silvo.
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Not so much what I done ore what I watch happen one odd my side vinyls unpeeled quire considerably , must have been caused by all the cold and snow I pressume (luckily got some spares
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As it's going to rain today put aside cleaning it and added the strakes I ordered. Rather nice too
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Realised I don't have any pics so gave it a quick wash off and took a few, poor light though unfortunately but better than nothing for the moment.
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Re: What have you done to your RX-8 today????
Made my rear visibility worse by fitting pz mirrors
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Certainly is, we live a mile or so away and are lucky enough to be able to see the planes coming in to land from our living room.
Embarrassingly though I can barely tell a Cessna from a 747!
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Cool, seeing as you are local(ish) I can only assume that you will be at the Oxford meet on the 6th?
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The Surrey meet is better for me distance wise but will have a look and see if I can do OxfordEddie_r32 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2017 4:38 pmCool, seeing as you are local(ish) I can only assume that you will be at the Oxford meet on the 6th?
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Keep hustling!Eddie_r32 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2017 4:38 pmCool, seeing as you are local(ish) I can only assume that you will be at the Oxford meet on the 6th?
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Surrey will be on the 3rd :xmasthumleft: - go to both if you can.
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In the never ending quest to sort the R3's infuriating starting issue,I did this..didn't work..at all,in fact my old MAF made the starting better..go figure
So: a brand new genuime MAF sensor is now for sale
So: a brand new genuime MAF sensor is now for sale
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Fitted AEM Induction kit which I bought of fellow member.
Filter is not on in this pic as I had just cleaned it and re-oiled it prior to attaching it .
Filter is not on in this pic as I had just cleaned it and re-oiled it prior to attaching it .
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And also replaced this little beggar...!
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I think you should take that MAF sensor back to Mazda & get them to fit a new R3 to it
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too funny!!! ( sorry Jay)
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I managed to leave my boot open for two days. Even just resting as if closed, the light comes on, so I managed to drain my battery. Cue my old man with his Citroen C3 and a pair of jump leads.
These newer cars are a pain. The negative terminal is completely inaccessible, so had to go chassis to chassis with the negative and just charge, but managed to avoid flooding my car, which was a big relief.
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These newer cars are a pain. The negative terminal is completely inaccessible, so had to go chassis to chassis with the negative and just charge, but managed to avoid flooding my car, which was a big relief.
Coming up to a years ownership in January. Loved, nearly, every minute!