Recent content by Alidins

So I went ahead with the spacer on top of struts in the front, just finishing up the installation and all brand-new suspension parts, tie rods gave it the works. I tried compressing the rear coils and failed on just over 2” using straps— 3 straps with the rear subframe out. I felt like it was...

Still no light came back for that issue. Trims 90% of the time within 5%. Nowhere on my long term does it even go into double digits anymore. It got to about .3 kg/cm2, but it said in the manual that if it gets to .5, there is still a small leak. 1.0 is good to go. So it’s good enough, I guess...

The smoke test was fun and effective. I definitely recommend having a mirror handy. I successfully identified some leaks on the air intake side. Don’t use a Phillips screwdriver to tighten them by hand (as it rotates the hose clamp or will push the screwdriver up and out if not pressing hard...

Okay ill follow up with the mechanic shop that installed the upper oxygen sensor and source out if they got it from the dealer. I’m gonna go to Mazda and order a new mass airflow sensor and install that. That solenoid that I replaced didn’t seem to do anything so I’m gonna toss the mazda OEM one...

i’ve done some reading in some of the threads a lot of research on Google from threads and post in general. I have a list of parts I could start plugging away at I just don’t wanna introduce a lower quality product bring a problem sooner than later. I’ve also kept my stock parts. Except my...

ENGINE/DRIVABILITY Stock and running decent enough Year/Make/Model: 2007 mazdaspeed6 Mileage: 155,000km / 96,000miles Location: Canada,AB Concern: intermittent can’t reproduce it rich condition DTC's: Raw: 07E805 returned 2178 Modifications: overspeed injection seals, gas cap, catalytic...

The car is 99% stock. I am the second owner and purchased it from a dealership when it had 60,000 kilometres 37000 miles. It remains 100% stock except for the catalytic converter, which is not a direct OEM spec replacement. The struts are getting weak and are intermittently squeaky. The car now...

Living in Canada, I often find that when backing out of my garage on days with heavy snowfall, my car can become high-centered. The snow prevents my wheels from making sufficient contact with the ground, forcing me to rock back and forth between reverse and drive just to get out, and there are...