Went to the Mazda dealer today to order a new $38 heater knob.
The car wash guys broke it.

They had a 2005 RX8 in with a blown engine. Apex seal problems.
It is well known the early RX8's had an inadequate supply of
apex seal oil. For that reason I premix 1/2 oz of 2 cycle oil
with every gallon of gas in my 2004. Mazda were supposed
to fix that around 2005 to 2006 with what was rumored to
be a third oil injection port per rotor housing.

The interesting thing is they do not put a new $1500
metering pump in there. The pump still has only 4 nylon
lines coming out of it. That means the replacement engines still
have the two apex seal oil metering  ports per rotor. You can
also see that by looking at the new rotor housings.

Perhaps they merely reprogrammed the computer controlled
apex oil metering pump. That does not affect us as most of
the A/C guys are premixing anyway.

The other thing is people are still flooding the RX8 engine
on a regular basis. Apparently nobody reads the manual.
When you flood an RX8 it will no longer start.

Happened to me within a week of owning
the car. The flat rate mechanics always come
up with the quickest  way of fixing anything. What
this mechanic does is squirt high pressure shop air in
the spark plug holes to blow out the raw fuel.
Not too much as the engine will rotate. Make
sure both plugs are out.

This probably won't happen with a p-port RX8
engine as the raw fuel has a way out through the intake
port.

Paul Lamar