20 Most Recent 2004 Mazda RX-8 - Page 6 Questions & Answers

-Check with scanner to read the code and find out what itmean then might need to fix the problem.mai

in housing under/ behind alternator..

ok, we here found a problem similar to this, the 2006 RX8 we had has a problem with the sensor at the end of the IMT valve, which lets the computer know weather the valve is open or closed. Have a technician OHM the sensor, IF it reads open and closed, remove the valve, and clean , then clear code and drive.

Here's a link to your code.

This is a tire pressure monitoring light. Check your air pressure.

If you locate the water expansion tank (front of the bonnet, opened, with the pressure-cap to top-up if necessary) - check that there's sufficient coolant in there (check whilst the engine is cold).

If so, you may be suffering the same problem as a lot of RX8 owners, with a dodgy coolant level sensor in the tank. One way to confirm this is to remove the connector to the tank - on the left-hand side of the tank as you look from the front (not the air-conditioning connector, immediately to the left of it, attached to an aluminium billet). Ensure the (now free-hanging) connector from the wiring loom is safely stowed and give it a test drive. If you're satisified that the warning goes away then you know that the level sensor in the tank is faulty (and therefore the warning light is spurious). Unfortunately, that's a pricey item to replace (dealer price, UK, in the region of £200).

Remember, leaving the coolant sensor unplugged to avoid the spurious warnings would mean that a genuine problem that resulted in (catestrophic) loss of coolant would then go undetected, until too late. So do this at your peril.

What?! Really! The noise goes when the clutch pedal is depressed! So the noise goes when the release bearing (throw-out bearing) is engage? So how would that be a release bearing/clutch problem? If it didn't make a noise until the clutch pedal was depressed, it would be the release bearing! In other words its the input shaft bearing and/or counter shaft bearing in the gearbox. Stop giving people bad advice

check the water level in the radiator as it needs a full tank not to work