Mazda RX-8, anyone know much about them?

Mazda RX-8, anyone know much about them?

11-16-2006, 11:41 PM

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Mazda RX-8, anyone know much about them?

My sister has an 05 RX-8 (rotary engine) that she bought this year used. Last weekend the car died going up a freeway on-ramp. The symptoms as she described them were loss of RPM and speed. She pulled over and engine died, and failed to restart. Towed to dealer.

This week service rep stated that motor had "flooded" and they were investigating as to why. Today, they say that engine is full of "oily muddy substance" and that they are holding off warranty work until Mazda rep. can see the motor...

I guess my question is what the H*** could have happened? I am not familier with rotary's to even make a guess. My sis always has this car serviced by this dealer (only Mazda dealer in 20 miles or so) and has always had her oil changes done by the dealer. My fear is that Mazda is going to claim abuse or some BS about engine oil services and deny warranty. Dealer is claiming he has "never" seen anything like this...

I hope someone can help me better understand what might have happened.

Thanks in advance, and I'm sorry it was such a long explaination...

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