Low Compression Rotary, No Start FLOODED Mazda RX-8 Drove in Towed Out!

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2 ай бұрын

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@shrodingerschat2258 2 ай бұрын

"I'm just gonna poke around till it slides in." We've all been there! 😉

@clbcl5 2 ай бұрын

Giggity.

@paulocarvalho6480 2 ай бұрын

I was going to comment on that, but I'm too late. Unintentionally, Ray always finds something funny to make me laugh. What a character.😂

@AppalachianPatriot 2 ай бұрын

Make sure you apply a liberal amount of anti-seize.

@lokigames5091 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha

@surg9029 2 ай бұрын

Does astroglide make anti seize?

@Havok135 2 ай бұрын

lol, now Ray is going to get invited out to that ECM repair place 🤣

@glennschemitsch8341 2 ай бұрын

I don't think that will happen in this case.

@aoksys31 2 ай бұрын

Hey Ray, take my Flagshit ECM and ask then WTF?

@MonkeyJedi99 2 ай бұрын

"That ECM repair place" sounds ominously like "A farm upstate" where sick pets go when kids are young.

@deplorablelibertarian 2 ай бұрын

If he talks crap about any serious part on a car, like a computer or injector...the manufacturer will cry and complain.

@evilutionltd 2 ай бұрын

They'll teach him all about blue stamps and upcharging.

@nickmcminn2137 2 ай бұрын

Running a rotary for a short period without getting to operating temperature is number one way to flooding and fouling plugs and causing a no start condition

@deplorablelibertarian 2 ай бұрын

Once you start a rotary engine, you gotta leave it running. My uncle works on race cars that are rotary engines. He said that once these engines hit a certain point...they just crap out.

@sjfk1306 2 ай бұрын

@@deplorablelibertarianyour uncle is an idiot then and/or someone is making up stories. They run for a long time, they just require extra maintenance

@BixbyConsequence 2 ай бұрын

@@deplorablelibertarian Especially the Renesis engine in the RX-8. The ports are on the side plates instead of in the rotor housing so excess fuel is not slung out of the engine. Also tend to accumulate carbon on the seals for the same reason, which hurts compression and increases flooding risk even further.

@YouNameItGaming 2 ай бұрын

From what I've heard, you also want to get them warm to prevent carbon building up on the housing which isn't good for the seals for multiple reasons

@jostouw4366 2 ай бұрын

specially when just warm.

@Anonymous99997 2 ай бұрын

New t-shirt design idea: “I should have been an astronaut!” Ray in a space suit holding a ratchet.

@howardrubin4916 2 ай бұрын

Ray replaces Jerry L. In the remake of the movie "Way, way out!"

@JohnnieBravo1 2 ай бұрын

while sitting in the Delorean

@jeffreydove821 2 ай бұрын

He'll have a tough time without GRAVITY.

@AppalachianPatriot 2 ай бұрын

Does brake clean work in space?

@dbeckley43 2 ай бұрын

Good idea 👍

@rogermacdearmid4380 2 ай бұрын

“ We’ve come so far”, except we’ve lost the “Doodly-doo-de-doo”! I want that back!

@wolflordz194 2 ай бұрын

he should cut it from an old video and put it in editing when he switches views at least once per video

@CJRoberts8812 2 ай бұрын

The Wife Unit had that on her phone and played it for him a while back. He DIDN'T like it.

@billkeith2266 2 ай бұрын

Yes that is spot on

@davelittlewood195 2 ай бұрын

I WANT THE DOOODLY DOOO' BACK!!

@smokey1991 2 ай бұрын

Me too! I want it back!!!!😅

@James_Hough 2 ай бұрын

Rotaries seem like a technology that is perpetually 10 years from being perfected.

@fdp9521 2 ай бұрын

Kind of like cvts.

@the_car_guy5915 2 ай бұрын

Right? It seems like they dropped it right before they found the right material for the DAMB APEX SEALS

@SmallKittyPaw 2 ай бұрын

Banning rotary from racing killed them. Without funding and opportunity to stress them in racing. There was no way for mazda to work on them without it becoming just money pit. And to be frank. They are still using them in their new cars as generators. Plus we have LiquidPiston guys

@the_car_guy5915 2 ай бұрын

@@SmallKittyPaw I mean they aren't banned from all kinds of racing. The aftermarket has some good options. If it was really an issue they'd take some advice from the aftermarket.

@waltfriedrich7631 2 ай бұрын

That was corrected with the RX7. I started with Mazda rotary when they were first introduced. Main issue with the RX8 is the US govt requiring thinner engine oil and folks using synthetic oil.@@the_car_guy5915

@fdp9521 2 ай бұрын

The rotary may be crap. But that starter is gold plated FIRE!

@Jaguarist 2 ай бұрын

When I bought couple of Wife unit t-shirts, everyone is having a great laugh about it here in the Philippines 😂

@bobbg9041 2 ай бұрын

Give one to your brother who can't read english. Shh.

@mlieser1230 2 ай бұрын

I am thoroughly convinced that if an individual were granted access to an automotive ECM repair facility they would find the following: A large rectangular room with netted goals at each end with a rack containing hockey sticks. The repair procedure would go like this: The manager/overlord drops the ECM on the floor. The repair technicians then slap the ECM around the room with their hockey sticks. Once the ECM is slap shotted into a goal it is deemed repaired. The customer's credit/debit card is then tapped and the ECM is packaged and sent via UPS/USPS/FedEX/DHL. The package is dropkicked into the back of the delivery van. During transport the packaged ECM bounces and bangs around the back of the van while the driver takes corners on two wheels and gets airborne over railroad crossings. Upon arrival at it's destination the delivery driver dribbles the package to the customer's front doorstep. That is the ECM remanufacturing process in a nutshell. 🤣🤣

@michaelpressman7203 2 ай бұрын

That would take more effort than I think they put into it😂

@MonkeyJedi99 2 ай бұрын

Makes me glad that the one time I had to replace an ECM I pulled it out of a front-end collision car in the junkyard. An older car (1988 Chevy Celebrity, if I remember the year right) that had computer problems was fixed by getting a new EPROM and having a shop reprogram it.

@MonkeyJedi99 2 ай бұрын

The real shame is it may have been the decision of a person who sits in an office and accepted Ray's repair request might have burned the people actually doing the work. Or it is such a small shop that it is the same person doing both jobs?

@adotintheshark4848 2 ай бұрын

"We didn't fix anything. That'll be $40 per blue stamp"

@Bellboy40 2 ай бұрын

That pretty much explains anything you send via the US Post Office, in my experience.

@abdulhkeem.alhadhrami 2 ай бұрын

I must give you props for not being afraid to work on this rotary engine Ray, 75% of mechanics will outright reject working on them!

@0cypher0 2 ай бұрын

66% of mechanics tend to be component replacers anyway. The other 9% are scared of technology they don't understand.

@paulfagan2964 2 ай бұрын

Most you tubers skip filming the hard stuff and just show the results as if it all happened instantly. I appreciate you Ray for filming everything. I feel like I am right there with you. What a great video. A friend of mine LS swapped one of these and uses it for racing. It is a beast. Not a big fan of rotary motors for all the reasons you have ably demonstrated here. Can’t wait for the new merch! Thank you

@The_DuMont_Network 2 ай бұрын

he There is no film involved. He is using an electronic camera, recording on computer memory. \he is not "filming".

@procrastinatingnerd 2 ай бұрын

@@The_DuMont_Network Wow, I think you get the troll crown, lol.

@DiddyDave 2 ай бұрын

“Ain’t got no gas in it”

@johnchambers12 2 ай бұрын

Most of the time my children that are under 40 now bring me their cars with little or no gas in the tank when they want service done on them. I don’t know if they expect me to fill it up but if it needs to set the evap system it has to have at least 1/4 tank of gas

@fsfs555 2 ай бұрын

The one mod I absolutely recommend on rotaries: fuel cut switch. If it floods, just kill the fuel pump and crank until it fires, then turn the pump back on. Sometimes even flood-clear mode doesn't work very well where manually shutting off the fuel pump will solve the problem every time. It's also useful as an anti-theft feature.

@Knucklehead4400 2 ай бұрын

floor pedal , clear flood mode

@robertkorn 2 ай бұрын

it literally has that, hold your foot to the floor, that cuts out the fuel.

@misterbachi5 2 ай бұрын

There is a Special procedure to shut down a Rotary after Starting and running for short periods of time. The Mazda dealership should have known that. There is a TSB ... Basicly you dont Turn them Off at idle. You Turn them Off at about 2k-3k rpm to clear Out the junk.

@michaelpressman7203 2 ай бұрын

"What condition my condition was in" was done by Kenny Rogers & the first addition 😂😂😂😂

@jimjol9069 2 ай бұрын

Ray, my friend had a rotary Mazda years ago. He had the flooding, no start issue many times. The dealer’s tech told him to add a couple ounces of transmission fluid to a suction line and crank. Started instantly every time. Made lots of smoke, but it worked.

@ericpleasant7722 2 ай бұрын

Those spark plugs are insanely easy to access from the bottom of the car! :)

@andrewconroy1266 2 ай бұрын

Plugs are dead easy to get out but you are supposed to access them from inside the wheel arch. There is even slots in the guard liner specifically for access.

@dodgymalaka 2 ай бұрын

Yup, quite smooth

@D3athAng3l1977 2 ай бұрын

@@craigfin3222 I'm not entirely sure but I think Ray never claimed to know everything about every car and would never make mistakes?! and yes, there are always comments under the videos from people who think they know everything better, that's nothing new and will always be the case, not just with Ray 🤷

@Tessil666 2 ай бұрын

👍nice

@KendrasEdge757 2 ай бұрын

lol. Did Ray just find out by an oreilly parts delivery guy that this engine has two different plugs? Don’t yall have website access that tells you everything about the vehicles you work on? Like alldata etc

@justpray365 2 ай бұрын

I always consult a repair manual before doing these jobs. And yes, if you own a shop and accept a car in the shop to work on for money, you should have a repair manual for that car. If you can’t afford the manual, stay home in mommies basement and don’t say you can work on it. And yes, there are e-manuals.

@stanauxier8274 2 ай бұрын

"I should have been an ASTRONAUT" t-Shirt would be awesome!

@stevestevens9046 2 ай бұрын

My son had a Rx 8 it was only a couple years old and low mileage but he was working on that thing all the time...by the time he got rid of it he had learned about everything about those things

@kdogg82 8 сағат бұрын

They suck

@davidl6041 2 ай бұрын

Ray, To get the plugs out easily next time pull the front left wheel off , there’s easy access with the wheel removed, you can casually reach in and remove them

@shakerman55 2 ай бұрын

That’s too easy. Ray likes to do things the hard way and cry about his wrist hurting 😂

@daveblevins3322 2 ай бұрын

I had a friend back in the 80's that had an RX7 Mazda, and it drove great. But the maintenance schedule must be followed. Thank you Ray.

@kdogg82 9 сағат бұрын

Mt buddy had one too. That this was awesome

@goose32373 2 ай бұрын

"We're just gonna poke around till it slides in." -Ray

@jefferybaker1998 2 ай бұрын

That’s how you get children!😅

@nei1s 2 ай бұрын

"Nothing personal against them" 🤔😂😂

@davidedwards5260 2 ай бұрын

Ray it would have been easier to remove the drivers wheel to get to the spark plugs through the wheel well, but also leave the plugs out and crank the engine with foot on the floor to get ride of the fuel

@jyrihaapala7680 2 ай бұрын

this ecm thing is going to be next injector-gate with the ecm repair shop.

@jeffreymeek1869 2 ай бұрын

I had one of these. It was a spare car. We learned that you can't jockey these around. ( That floods them) You should also change the oil after an extreme flood. The oil level increases from the fuel getting past the rotary seals. Fun car

@BixbyConsequence 2 ай бұрын

For the Renesis rotary, a redline a day keeps Ray away. Unfortunately, this one's an automatic. Not only negates the high-rev characteristic, but iirc also removes one of the oil coolers. Heat is a prime enemy of this engine.

@BenMConner 2 ай бұрын

I used to track mine. Loved that car. Ran it till the apex seals were done, and in hindsight I shouldn't have gotten rid of it and just fixed it, but I traded it in and got me a Miata ND that I now love.

@caedis2686 Ай бұрын

as someone who ones an rx-8 best way to get to the spark plugs is to take the wheel off on the driver side and you have perfect access to all 4. good to see a mechanic actually working on an rx-8 instead of just saying "its an rx-8 cant do anything"

@clbcl5 2 ай бұрын

The opening sounded like my first Kawasaki dirt bike 45 years ago.

@rexkars6740 2 ай бұрын

Good job starting the rotary. When thoroughly flooded, I was never able get my RX7 to start until I pulled the plugs AND the cranked with the fuel pump fuse removed (real flood mode). Just like you, lots of fuel in the exhaust. I learned to never shut the engine off until it ran for at least a few minutes.

@0cypher0 2 ай бұрын

My old T2 suffered from slightly leaking injectors which wouldn't allow it to hot start ever. I learned the gentle art of solo bump starting while I waited for new injectors to arrive.

@J_J_Ander 2 ай бұрын

Brave man, I'm a family mechanic. Just light regular maintenance on my family's vehicles. I wouldn't even try to work on those black magic machines!

@PatricksDIY 2 ай бұрын

I myself am pretty apprehensive about using ECM repair places that I have never used I had to once because the normal place was upfront to me saying that they didn't think they could work on it. The place that I went to, like you took my money to almost send me an email the same day received saying they could not work on it, and kept my money as a "diagnostic fee". smh. Great Video Ray!

@not-a-raccoon 2 ай бұрын

Major scammy vibes

@jhonditch4269 2 ай бұрын

chevy had a problem maybe still does modules worked at room temp not in real world solder joints intermittant

@nissan300ztt 2 ай бұрын

A lot of them know what theyre doing. But if its cheap........sketch vibes.

@turboturtle9083 2 ай бұрын

Went to dealer running played with keys and security codes came back not running.....? And it's whose problem?

@nissan300ztt 2 ай бұрын

@@turboturtle9083 but its running. You didnt watch the video?

@jSON-ze8uy 2 ай бұрын

I scored a nice all black 1991 RX7 a few years back for $300 on Craigslist, guy didn't have a clue about rotary engines so I got a great car for a steal. (It just had fouled plugs!)

@Meowface. 2 ай бұрын

First gen?

@jSON-ze8uy 2 ай бұрын

Second gen FC non-turbo @@Meowface.

@Meowface. 2 ай бұрын

@@jSON-ze8uy Oooo dream car Almost bought one myself for my first car Ended up with a transam instead

@kevinmitchell766 2 ай бұрын

I had an 86 RX-7. I loved that car, but it was very easy to flood it. Something about those rotary engines.

@kevinmitchell766 2 ай бұрын

@mustbetrue1602 Other than flooding, if it was turned off too soon after starting it, mine was very reliable.

@MrGrumpy1 2 ай бұрын

"I just checked in to see what condition my condition was in" -Kenny Rogers

@MrGrumpy1 2 ай бұрын

This Dude abides!

@goaski474 2 ай бұрын

I owned a '78, put 85k before the seals went. Manual choke, solid rear axel, had to time the points to each rotor, no ecu, I got better at it than the dealer out of necessity. So much fun to drive!!!

@perry861985 2 ай бұрын

This is why I love the channel and what you do/stand for! You’re not afraid to call yourself as a business out if something isn’t up to your standards and you do your best to make it right! I wish you were closer to Charleston, SC! Probably not worth a fuel bill and hotel stay for me to bring my Silverado but I wish it was. lol Super hard to find a trustworthy shop around here! Anyway, love the channel and yours/Lauren’s morals! You two are amazing!

@tonyhughes1751 2 ай бұрын

This car will be back soon for a new starter motor !

@martinbunn8366 2 ай бұрын

First time I’ve ever heard of two different type plug in the same engine

@AliasTekTV 2 ай бұрын

The rotary has a long combustion chamber because of the design. The leading plug fires first and the trailing fires after to facilitate the flame propagation in the correct direction for complete combustion of the fuel. The non standard plugs are supposed to be fouling resistant but if the engine is not run hard occasionally the carbon won’t burn off and will end up like the plugs he removed.

@williamwerner 2 ай бұрын

I had a 1979 RX-7 and it ran great. Never saw this issue. It used 4 plugs, all the same, center electrode with 3 side electrodes. ( I once bought plugs with just 2 side electrodes and it just didn’t perform). It ran so smoothly that when stopped at a light I had to look at the tach to see if it way still running 🤪

@therealcarbine15 2 ай бұрын

My spidey sense says there's a factory tour of flagship ecm in the future.

@MistressErola 2 ай бұрын

I love to see how much this channel has grown. Thank you for putting out such great content to watch while I am at work all day. I am no mechanic and never plan to, but I love to watch!

@charlieb9502 2 ай бұрын

I do Gauge cluster repairs. When I get a unit that is beyond economical repair. I take photos if it is a fault that is visible. And send it to the customer. The only thing they pay for is shipping and I give them a discount on future service. I also offer to buy the core as well. Because when some one has a damaged bezel or a PCB that is burned I can use that core as parts. And some times there are PLA's and other special parts that aren't available especially for a 20yo car.

@not-a-raccoon 2 ай бұрын

Rotary engine doing rotary things

@samholdsworth420 2 ай бұрын

They suckkkkk

@deplorablelibertarian 2 ай бұрын

How many rotors are in this engine? I remember a long time ago when there was a race car with 4 rotors. How many are in this street car?

@samholdsworth420 2 ай бұрын

@@deplorablelibertarian 3....I think

@NismoXero 2 ай бұрын

Since he just changed 4 plugs I'm going to say 2 rotors in this car.

@niemma2 2 ай бұрын

@@deplorablelibertarian 2 rotors and one rotor have 2 plugs.

@HE-pu3nt 2 ай бұрын

Mazda seem to be the only Japanese car manufacturer that still has build quality. I know the rotary engine can be annoying, but when they are put together right, then wow Nelly, your in for a treat. I built a 6 rotor engine. We really went to town, to make a truely Superlative engine. I ran 2 fuel tanks, one with super unleaded, the other tank had 120 octane race fuel. I used fuel metering tech from a jet engine to very accurately put fuel into a small third tank, this tank fed the engine. The ECU had 3 maps, each map used more 120 octane fuel. I got 101, 108 and 115 octane fuel, that I could switch between in the car whilst driving. 8:1 compression ratio as we were running turbos. 6 speed manual gearbox with a LSD that could be locked for quick get aways! 730hp at the hubs @ 9250rpm. 645ft/lb at the hubs @ 5200rpm. Oh my, I loved that car.

@kingofsperm69 2 ай бұрын

Toyota must have been making pool cues the last 20 years it seems

@JSparrowist 2 ай бұрын

Pics or it NEVER happened. At all..

@thomasherewego3339 2 ай бұрын

What a rough afternoon one car can give.

@misterbachi5 2 ай бұрын

Hey Ray. There is a Access Port in the wheel well and on the Block it Staates which Plug goes where :) they are marked L and T

@0cypher0 2 ай бұрын

It's also pretty easy to remember that on a Mazda rotary the trailing plug is above the leading one, so L for lower, T for top.

@geordiegixxer 2 ай бұрын

"just gonna poke around till it fits in"... Ooh err matron.....

@joskd8491 2 ай бұрын

I know, I know....

@zenarcade6551 2 ай бұрын

Coming soon: field trip video to Flagship ECM 🤣🤣

@astrangeparrot 2 ай бұрын

Retired Jeep tech reporting in. I too know the pain of rotary engines. Had a customer bring one in for this very service. The service writer may have gotten a wrench hurled at him. I'm not an expert on them, but they're a ticking time bomb as the miles creep up to like 100k, the apex seals wear out and have to be replaced. I have a buddy who has 2 complete engines, he just swaps them out every 80k and rebuilds the one that came out in his spare time. Glad to see this one was just mega flooded.

@DeepakKumar-lv4te 2 ай бұрын

I read that if you put an oil mix into the fuel and do the rev thing on shut down there's no wear issue anymore.

@chipdayton1625 2 ай бұрын

An early Kenny Rogers reference! Nice!

@craigcraigster4999 2 ай бұрын

The First Edition, 1967 😎

@LilYeshua 2 ай бұрын

That's leading and trailing plugs. Reminds me of the time i changed out plugs on a '75 Chevy Monza V8. After the two and a half hours it took to replace them I looked up the spark plug changing procedure in our Chilton manual(hate Chilton), the manual said to unbolt the engine mount bolts and jack up the engine to properly reach them. 😮

@LilYeshua 2 ай бұрын

@@mustbetrue1602 well,working for a guy that leased service stations from the oil companies at the time,the boss had his own collection of work manuals. That was something necessary for the time. The boss would go through mechanics like changing underwear because each one had their quirks along with some being outright crooks and thieves. There a few really good mechanics that ran their own businesses and mechanics that worked for dealerships which had formal training by the car manufacturers. Those were the coveted jobs to have as they got the necessary training and equipment to work on newer cars. It got to where our place of business had to turn away more and more work because we weren't equipped and didn't have the expertise and training and diagnostic tools that the dealership mechanics had for newer cars. I myself was a GS man but could change out parts that the boss would diagnose. I was making only $4.25 an hour at the time so I took my uncle's advice and applied for a job at the premium concrete ready mix company in my city. I got an immediate pay raise to $7.26 an hour with plenty of overtime driving a mixer and I never looked back. I retired recently making almost $27 an hour plus retirement benefits. As I'm mechanically inclined I still worked on my own cars and even worked on some relatives cars for fun.

@aj383 2 ай бұрын

@@mustbetrue1602that's why my friends and I got the bright idea to photocopy the sections of manual we needed at the library... At the time, it was a nickel a page.

@harrylumsdon6773 2 ай бұрын

Now days, it is an on line script. Alldata is $60 year. Per car.

@johnmarino4085 2 ай бұрын

You live and learn!

@MrGbutter 2 ай бұрын

I have learned in watching your videos what vehicles I need to stay away from buying due to bad conditions for repair. Your persistence paid off in this case.

@legogummybear5 2 ай бұрын

Ray you need to adopt the Australian vernacular of "Yeahhh/Nahhh"

@aoksys31 2 ай бұрын

I ordered a Flagshit ECM for my car a year ago and they sent me one that couldn't possibly have been programmed for my car. The car ran much better on the original ECM. They are aholes.

@shakerman55 2 ай бұрын

All Ray had to do is check the BBB site. Read the complaints. Of course, that’s too easy. Just like taking the wheel off and changing the plugs in 10 minutes.

@nickmalone3143 2 ай бұрын

DEI hires ...

@jaredgooda6421 2 ай бұрын

Remove the left wheel and you should get easy access to the spark plugs. For de flooding try slowly lifting your foot up on the throttle till it fires then push down again and do it again till your able to get it to fire.

@shannonharris 2 ай бұрын

That engine was like... I think I can, I think I can 😂

@donaldhalls2189 2 ай бұрын

Your hilarious, the way you make it sound easy to manoeuvre around to get positioned, 😂😅 thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

@xoxolivgrace 2 ай бұрын

Hey Ray! Thank you so much for fixing my car. I know it can be a headache but I really appreciate all you did for me.

@chriskline3763 2 ай бұрын

Your RX-8 Friend? Always I wanted one of these.

@xoxolivgrace 2 ай бұрын

@@chriskline3763 Yep! I love RX-8s so much. This is my second one.

@Watchdoc65 2 ай бұрын

@@xoxolivgraceHow many miles can you get out of a rotary engine with proper care and maintenance? Are these engines pretty reliable?

@JW-xn9fj 2 ай бұрын

In the UK (and I know this will be controversial/lead to an argument!) but my experience is these engines are good for 60-80,000 miles before low compression issues arise. Yes, I’ve heard of owners running them to 100,000+ miles but I’ve never actually met one.

@xoxolivgrace 2 ай бұрын

@@JW-xn9fj Hi nice to meet you. You’ve met one now lol. My last one I had at 120k before it got totaled. Never had any engine issues at all.

@darrinthomas9037 2 ай бұрын

Again, you did what was right, regardless of your cost. You're restoring reputation of mechanics one car at a time!

@jeffcantrell3390 2 ай бұрын

we always squirted some trans fluid in thru the plug holes on flooded RX-7s it did help

@0cypher0 2 ай бұрын

Yup, a little bit of an oil film helps the apex seals provide a much better seal. The normally present film gets washed away by the fuel during flooding.

@jamesjohnson8824 2 ай бұрын

And you learned a lot. That's how you grow, that is by taking on the hard stuff which ultimately makes you more proficient

@meandub 2 ай бұрын

Perfect LS swap candidate.

@felderup 2 ай бұрын

why not a dodge slant 6?

@realfoggy 2 ай бұрын

Or a Supra 2JZ swap

@davehoffman515 2 ай бұрын

Just buy a Corvette, it's cheaper than swapping. Stop ruining rx-8s.

@meandub 2 ай бұрын

@@davehoffman515lol you said stop ruining rx-8s.

@MrTex1954 2 ай бұрын

#2 in tonight.... 😁 Always fun watching Ray!

@trainstractorscarsandtruck7362 2 ай бұрын

I had a 89.5 Mazda RX7 and I took Spark Plugs out of it, no problem. Probably one of the first mechanical things I ever did. I loved that rotary engine. Gas was much cheaper back then though. Knew a guy in Florida that had one making over 900 HP. Very good engine if you have knowledge about them.

@0cypher0 2 ай бұрын

Pretty reliable too if you properly maintain them. My late pre-facelift Turbo II has been converted to premix now and runs much cleaner than when it still sucked on engine oil. There's also no more emissions stuff on it either, lots of oomph when the uprated turbo starts doing its thing. I love running it up to the redline buzzer.

@jameseaton9591 2 ай бұрын

I had 2 RX-8s. 1st one was bougjt back by Mazda due to wrong published engine data. That 1st rx8 had a bad navigation system, too. The car was in the shop more than I had owned it. Turned out it was the night to day display on the pop up nav screen that caused it to not work. I bought snother one without navigation and with 6 speed manual. Loved that car. Kept it until it was in a car accident. Just wasn't the same after that. You did great, Ray.

@terryrobertson8382 2 ай бұрын

The Rotary Engine idea looks good on paper, but in reality it is a dismal failure.

@georgegonzalez2476 2 ай бұрын

But Mazda spent like $700 million over the years developing the engine. They can't give up on it so it's still on the books as a live design. Just to keep the accountants semi-happy.

@ukmechanic8923 2 ай бұрын

Ray, welcome to Asian and European style design and manufacture of vehicles 😅😅😅😅😅😅

@claytoncoolidge992 2 ай бұрын

One thing that I learned from the older rotory engines especially if it gets flooded have to add some oil to the cylinders or in the gas to help get the rotor seals to make good seal again

@johnalloway4113 2 ай бұрын

I like 99% of your videos. As long as there are some ramblings and views good videos or can't see videos. Being taken for the ride is entertaining in itself for me.

@catdaddy3407 2 ай бұрын

I watch your channel everyday and you doing those plugs reminded of this song To See What Condition My Condition Was In LOL Love the content !!!!

@DarkHorseCom 2 ай бұрын

I thought I complained a lot about not being able to get to or reach my spark plugs to change them. But watching this my plugs are child's play to do. Ray, you are a master contortionist to get to these plugs. You are to be commended.

@justpray365 2 ай бұрын

Why commend someone for showing how to do it the wrong way. It takes about 5 minutes through the wheel well or if you’re too lazy to take the wheel off, from underneath.

@craigfin3222 2 ай бұрын

@@justpray365This, but don't tell the fanboys that Ray is wrong. In their (not saying his) eyes he can do no wrong and knows all.

@thk7513 2 ай бұрын

Fanboys=little to no experience.

@dethangelishere394 2 ай бұрын

im impressed that you are even working on this. most shops wont touch a rotary engine. it was flooded because someone shut it off before the engine heated up. judging by that spark plug it was way past due for spark plug replacement. they should be changed no later than every 30K to the tune of $130 for a set. also, it would be much easier for you if you took off the drivers front wheel. they are right there very easy to get to. you are exactly wrong. the leading is on the bottom and the trailing is on the top. the spark plugs themselves have an L and T on the plug to tell you which is which.

@bobniehaus5053 2 ай бұрын

In the 90s, my friend had an RX7 he loved. He always had to take it to Petit near Miami. They are fun cars to drive (and to ride in).

@lag0matic Ай бұрын

To do the plugs in an rx8, you take the driver side wheel off, then pull the little panel out in the firewall, basically gives you straight in access to the plugs.

@lag0matic Ай бұрын

Fender wall, not firewall. xD

@golf25radioman 2 ай бұрын

Your commentary on your videos is superior, and today that came in handy for this one where visibility was minimal at best. So many modern vehicles that come through your shop give me an education, this rotary engine...well okay, some. You will tackle any job.

@jimdavis6833 2 ай бұрын

A long time ago, I owned a 1988 RX-7. Never again. They overheat easily, and there goes your compression. They reqire constant care, like a puppy. BTW, I got my plugs out using 3 extensions and a swivel joint.

@idmooseman 2 ай бұрын

I have to admit, I loved the RX-2 I had in high school. It was a blast to drive, very peppy, and extremely easy to perform maintenance items on in my high school ROP Automotive Class.

@acejellyfish6 2 ай бұрын

Ray: "Everyone wears T-shirts" Me: "is that why people think im weird?" 🤯

@94520shatto 2 ай бұрын

Under the hood, my RX-2 had acres of room, and the reason I removed spark plugs, and learned the rotary engine loses all power when using the wrong plugs, was because the 'seals' failed, and when shut off the combustion chamber filled with water. My solution was to drain the water, start the engine then fill the radiator. After a few thousand miles of this nonsense and not getting any warranty coverage, I gave the car back to the bank. Interestingly, it ran as smoothly and powerfully as ever at the end. Because the Rotor is oil cooled, I was able to drive from LA to San Francisco and back with no water in the radiator.

@DerDuckPond 2 ай бұрын

Surprised Ray kept a straight face as he delivered “you just gotta poke it around until it slides in…”

@chrishengeveld6117 2 ай бұрын

Hell that damn thing sounded like an old Willy's Jeep with the foot "button" start...lol.. great fix Ray. 😂

@Bystander333 2 ай бұрын

From the title was expecting this to be a too expensive to fix. Happy it worked out!

@alanearnest6040 2 ай бұрын

Great starter test

@chuckschillingvideos 2 ай бұрын

I was very seriously considering buying one of these back in 2003 after a test drive - it was so much fun to drive - light and tossable, yet forgiving. Not a lot of power, but the throttle is very responsive and the handling and braking were fantastic. The salesman was egging me on to get the tail hanging out and I was more than happy to comply. Then I looked around the lot. The dealership must have had 30 of these on the lot. That got me to thinking. So I told the salesman I'd return the following day. A few hours' research that evening and I'd learned all I needed to know and, naturally, I never went back. If you're planning on using a vehicle with a rotary engine (ie a Mazda RX-7 or RX-8), make sure you aren't planning to make it your daily driver. Make sure you have someone who knows rotary engines inside and out take a close look at it for signs of pre-existing problems (don't worry, you'll have all kinds of brand new problems to accompany them after you buy the thing), and a healthy reserve budget for repairs/parts during your ownership of the car. I like the body style (yes, I know it's controversial), found the seats super comfortable, and REALLY enjoyed the driving experience. But I would never, ever buy one.

@badassbiker1974 2 ай бұрын

OMG! Ray has hair! I don't think I've ever seen Ray without a hat on. 😂

@ericborchert5522 12 күн бұрын

Knowing a little about Mazda rotary engines. The best way to start flooded rotary is pump Trans fluid into the rotary and replace with new plugs this builds compression and will start and if it doesn't you have to repeat the process. Trans fluid will seal the apex.

@chevelless 20 күн бұрын

I used flagship for the ecm in my 06 Chrysler 300c. It lasted about 50k miles and crapped out. Tried to warranty it and it took many phone calls, emails and live chats but I finally got the replacement 6 months later.

@Justice-Seeker 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Ray. I used to lust after Mazda RX's, but after learning of the problems that seemed to pop up all to often I never committed to getting one. What's interesting is there are places that still fight to perfect the rotary today. Liquid Piston comes to mind. With the advances in materials and manufacture there now may be a consistently reliable rotary out there.

@craigquann 2 ай бұрын

They're an enthusiasts car. You have to really love them. You can rebuild them pretty cheap. Aftermarket has a few good upgrades and preventive maintenance upgrades too. Or you can just LS swap them... I've wanted one for a while. They're cheap. (Or were cheap)

@deslauriersadventures 2 ай бұрын

I've owned a couple of RX7's and loved them. I let my 12A Rotary sit for a week, and I went out to start it and did exactly what that RX8 did, so I used a hair dryer and blew hot air into the intake for about 5 - 10 minutes and she started right up. Smoked out the tailpipe just like that one did, too! Those darn apex seals!

@One_Less_Thing 2 ай бұрын

Trying to get a car started like that is super frustrating, but this was a fun video to watch you get it figured out.

@user-gl2ge1su9i 2 ай бұрын

Ray, this must be included if you ever do a best of series. Shameless self promotion. Smutty innuendo. Pointless wittering. I loved it😂 You said that your shop didn’t perform well. I think it did an excellent job you sorted it for your customer. 👍

@moonflow23 2 ай бұрын

As a person who owned a 1982 Mazda RX-7 with a 12-A Rotary engine, the lead plug is the primary ignition plug, the trailing plug is to burn any other remaining fuel in the combustion chamber as it rotates around, in order to clean the emissions better.

@tiredoldmechanic1791 2 ай бұрын

The used car dealer I worked for in 1978 bought two 1975 RX3 wagons at a car auction. They were good sellers. He sold one 4 times and the other 3 times. They came back flooded after a few weeks and the customers traded them for different vehicles. I figured out that the way to get them started again was to remove the plugs, crank the engine to clear it, install the plugs, set the acetylene torch to a good flame, turn the tanks off and back on and use the mixture to start the vehicles.

@geordiegixxer 2 ай бұрын

Used to have doing callouts to these.. always found new plugs and feathering of the throttle helped..