Spark plug Denso or OEM Mazda
Spark plugs, coolant exchange, transmission drain/fill, brake fluid flush, and air filter replacement, stat.
I recently was having a misfire in cylinders 2/3, and new plugs and ignition coils cleared it up.
My RX8 also got pretty piss poor compression numbers. The only time it struggled with a start up was with literally the original 20 years old plugs it came with and I had to do multiple hot starts. It still started and carried on.
At around 120,000 KM plan for spark plugs. It's easy, especially if you get a 1/4" torque wrench and 14mm 1/4 deep well socket.
DENSO ZXE24HLR7 is also an excellent OE plug.
Denso 3289 is what I run.
398k on the clock, like 50k on these plugs, she runs clean and smooth.
Denso for my runner
I already replaced the spark plugs with the Denso ones I listed though... Is this bad?
The previous owner had installed some Denso IKH24's that looked..... disgusting. In fact, I have NO CLUE how the car ran as well as it did, as the tips from the Denso plugs were gone, and the gap was 0.055. The car still had a slight miss after I did the coils last month which prompted me to replace the plugs.
Ive got the densos twin tips in a vxr at present. One thing i can tell you is they dont like heat!!! i recently had a small coolant leak and they would misfire. pretty low heat resitance i think. work fine on cooler engines.
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