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| is back-ordered I hear. You may have to wait a while, but you would at any dealer. | |
Cool...thanks for the info.....I will wait then...any chance i can get you to come to Florida every 5K miles to do the service for me?.. 
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That comment has me chuckling. I thought to myself, "I'm an Electronics tech. not a mechanic, but they way these cars are going re electronics overlooking everything, maybe that comment was appropriate after all". Even though I'm sure it was in jest. For me, working on the mechanicals is a hobby. I love the advanced mechanical stuff, hence I get a kick out of working on my RX-7 and occationally tweeking Maurice's RX-8. |
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Well, you just wait till I win the lottery!...I'll fly ya down or I'll drive up and let you loose on my RX8!....I am sure you could tweak out a few more HP's!..... In all seriousness, your comments/info are very helpfull....we here in the forum owe you a nice pie or cake or something for your help!....
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| 16,000 miles and the water pump "cracked"....under warranty, no charge...took 2 days.....car is back to running like a dream.....first sign of a problem was the coolant light came on at startup and stayed on for about a minute. But all is well now. If you see that happening, take your 8 in!..... | |
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Does anyone notice oil residue when they check their oil? Or when you open the oil cap to add more oil, do you see creamy brown sludge, like oil goo? I have never seen this in any other car? Is it unique to the rotary engine?
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Replying to: zoomzoomx8 (Mar 13, 2005 4:59 pm) |
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Manual calls for SAE 5W-20 API SL (ILSAC GF3) June 2004 a better SAE 5W-20 API SM (ILAC GF4) was introduced Does anyone know if using the newer SM GF4 will effect warranty? harder to find the SL these days
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Had to prepare for a trip to Disney World (!!!).....and needed new tires.... I purchased 4 new Portenzas - $225 each....from the dealer.....plus got an alignment. The rubber has made the car 'feel' like new again. I had gone 30K miles on then 1st set - including a 5700 mile trip around the USA!......my observation is that these are great tires! The old tires had worn in a nice even pattern across all 4 tires - basically almost bald. With my South Florida location, all this rain was making for some slippery driving! |
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