I also experienced this flooding issue. Running it to a high rpm before shutoff to avoid the flooding, was a convenient workaround. Why flooding the car (or fr

I also experienced this flooding issue. Running it to a high rpm before shutoff to avoid the flooding, was a convenient workaround. Why flooding the car (or frankly doing anything to my RX-8's engine) would require it to be replaced seems ridiculous. The casing of the engine is a solid piece of steel. Removing the ring gears and shaft (which you have to do for cleaning every 100k mi anyway), there's nothing to break. Ofc, if you introduce the engine to some exotic combustion or get some foreign material in there, you could scar any part of the casing and that would brick the engine.