I would not worry about restarting it in flight. Once you take off it will

be plenty

warm enough to restart. If you let it cool completely it will also

restart.

The problem is people pump the accelerator pedal if it does not start

right

away and that floods it. If it does not start right away press the

accelerator all

the way to the floor. This shuts off the injectors. If that does not work

you

now have a problem. Once we knew this we did not have any more problems
in 7500 miles.

I am trying to convince Mazda to put a 12 volt block heater near the

bottom

of the rotor housing to vaporize the raw fuel in case it floods.

Paul Lamar

Paul,
I spoke to a couple of Mazda mechanics about this problem and apparently
this has been a problem with previous models - the solution, they feel , is
to remove the spark plugs and turn the motor over a few times as the
compression pushes the fuel
out of the spark plug holes.
FWIW.
George (down under)

That does not work with the RX8. With the RX8 you MUST suck the raw fuel out
of there using a hose inserted in the lower spark plug hole.

Perhaps if you were very very careful to stop turning the rotor just as an apex
seal passed the lower spark plug hole enough fuel MAY run out to get it started
again but I doubt it. The RX8 engine is doing exactly what it was designed to do. 
Namely to recycle ALL raw fuel. Just like dropping a lit match in a tank of gasoline
and having the match go out. Too rich to fire!

Believe me! Been there done that.


Paul Lamar
 
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