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Posted on Mar 07, 2009

04 RX8 won't start??

50 deg o/s temp. Drove the car the day before, with no problems? Tried jumper cables, then a new battery. No bad fuses, plenty of fuel, sitting on a level lot.

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  • celestial_5 Mar 09, 2009

    Apperenlty the whole not starting thing is a design flaw on the car. You're supposed to let it warm up completely before shutting the vehicle off. If you just moved the car a few feet, then turned it off, you could have flooded the engine. I'm having mine towed this morning...

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    is it completley dead, or does it try to start may be alternator

  • Mike Butler
    Mike Butler May 11, 2010

    No spark ? have you checked?

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Hold the gas pedal to the floor and try starting the rx8 has anti flood technology that gives less fuel when gas pedal is to the floor I do it all the time hope this helps

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How do you start a rx8 engine that is flooded

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