How long do Mazda RX8 last?
How Long Do Mazda Rx8 Engines Last? Generally speaking, the Mazda Rx8 engine can last about 60,000 miles. It is important to keep in mind to maintain your engine and make sure that you take your car into a mechanic when you have issues.
Is the Mazda RX-8 a good car to buy?
Despite being a rotary engine, the oil consumption has been lower than I expected and is not a cost issue. Fuel economy is very poor however. It’s expensive to run, because it’s a thirsty car. But I knew this when buying it. Cheap to buy and insure. Tax, oil consumption and fuel are expensive MPG poor but car doesnt get used much.
What causes a Mazda RX 8 engine to fail?
If you flood a piston engine over time the fuel will drain from the cylinders into the crank case and allow the engine to start. In an rotary the gas has no ware to drain to so it settles at the bottom of the rotary chamber until you try to start again and just re-floods the engine.
What kind of gas does a RX-8 rotary engine use?
The RX-8 has a Wankel rotary engine. This engine (and especially the tip seals) may respond to lower octane gas differently. If this were my car I’d feed it 91 octane or sell it. When the owner’s manual says “91 is recommended,” that’s one thing, but when it says “91 is REQUIRED,” you should do what the manual says.
Do you need 91 octane in a Mazda?
If Mazda has designed and built that engine and if they say it needs 91 octane, I would use it. I fear that you are not going to find much real information on what happens long term with that engine using regular outside of Mazda. Most post here are based on piston engine results.
The Mazda RX-8 is a car people avoid like the plague, but based on the evidence in this video, it’s a car that deserves a second chance! Thanks to Rotary Revs for the expert advice! Huge thanks to Dan Shipman (aka Dr. Frankenrex) for providing us with his car. Loading… When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next.
Seals in engines though are failing due to too much heat as is evident from failed engines and cats plugged up with oil as documented on RX 8 owner forums.
What kind of oil does a Mazda RX 8 use?
Every city in the USA has slow traffic jams and warm weather. Every where else in the World (except in the USA) Mazda requires in the RX 8 Owners Manual the use of 5W-30 oil to adequately protect the very same hot running rotary engine that is in RX 8’s in the USA.
What’s the life of a Mazda rotary motor?
This light weight oil shortens the life of this normally very hot running rotary motor to around 30,000 miles, at the expense of the consumer who needs to keep spending lots of money and time to keep it running.