Rx8 turns on for the first time in 6 months

Here is a video of the first time my 2004 RX8 turned on in about 6 months. Still has the same problem; it doesn't stay on unless i keep the RPMs up.
you will notice my check engine light turns on @ 0:34
if you skip ahead you will see that when i let go of the gas @ 2:08 the car turns off

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Autos & Vehicles

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• rx8
• rx
• mazda
• stall
• turn
• off
• rpm
• high
• check
• engine
• eddie
• loera

[regiomontano]

@RobertKrischok: its "Catalytic Converter". and the check engine light was on because my spark plug wires and coils were bad. The entire exhaust system was no more than a year old.....COMPA

[regiomontano]

some of these comments make me laugh lol. Please, if you have nothing nice to say then why post anything at all.

@mememan52: if i knew nothing about my car, I wouldn't be doing most of the maintenance on it myself. Your comments is now deleted.

@ferreribery85: yes, actually you would raise the rpms above 2500 if you are, for example, going to move the car a few feet in the winter but you dont have time to let it warm up. Please do not talk if you know nothing about rotary engines.

[coolguy3432]

Why is just about every light possible lit up on the dash? lol

[regiomontano]

@coolguy3432

the exclamation mark is my tire air pressure

the flashing one underneath it is on because i hadent reset it. It does that after the first time you turn it on after disconnecting the battery.

The one next to that is the seat belt light

the top middle is my traction control because it was off

the one under that is the handbrake

and the one all the way to the right is my check engine light because obviously, my car was fucked up

[regiomontano]

@coratanice: my spark plug wires and coils were bad. Completely my fault for never checking them out. If you haven't tuned up your car in a while you should defiantly check those two things out before you get ass-raped like me.

Oh, and as a side note; if you replaced your spark plugs before it started messing up, chances are you put them in wrong. I guess there's two different kinds of spark plugs for the rx8 and it DOES matter were you put them in. I didn't know this.

[regiomontano]

Turns out it was the spark plug wires and coils :(

Got charged $910 at the dealership.

FML

HARD

[vacuumboy69]

NEVER REPEAT EVER REV A ENGIN WHEN ITS COLD NEVER

[couldbecowboy]

this happens on my x-8 every time i disconnect the battery. You just keep it on and running for about 30 minutes or an hour and the computer remembers how to stay idled.

[mlukaszm]

@regiomontano

i did the same to my mazda, only difference was , i did it on my own and i paid around 300 for the parts . REMEMBER guys start ur mazdas everyday !

[RobertKrischok]

@regiomontano you gotta tell anything about this car, I drive it myself. In any case your car is fucked up. Just read the other comments! In any case you treat your car less, and certainly not after 6 months. Also this has nothing to do with your catalytic converter. Flashing check engine light is a misfire

[swiftjdmzc87]

@RobertKrischok O AND BUT THE WAY THEN ENGINE LIGHT IS BLINKING BECAUSE U ARE DAMAGING THE CATALYST CONVERTER NO BUENO COMPA

[ferraribery85]

never raise the 2500 rpms when the car's still cold !!!!!!!!!

[mpag96]

stop revving it when its so cold its bad for the rotary