@Kwambe Wright , thank you for that information. I've already gone through the headache of installation with a vacuum cap. Sounds like I should get back in there and throw some zip ties on it in the hopes that it stays on there.
@Mauro_Penguin you're totally fine dude, I was actually able to figure out the problem. I also noticed that while tightening down each of the bolts the drain tube did do a lot of moving around and flexing, effectively putting unnecessary strain on that flex section of the tube. I think I'm...
Yes, the 2 bolts for the turbo are smaller in length than the bolts going into the block. I've made sure not to mix them up each time I reinstalled it.
I pulled the gaskets out again last night to see if there was any damage done to them as suggested by Easter Bunny and to check if they looked...
I did a little bit of digging after work last night, and figure out that the upper and lower gaskets have 2 different part numbers. I haven't been able to find substantial evidence that these 2 gaskets are differently sized in some way or another. I ended up riding to work today so I can work on...
I removed the gasket remanence from the drain tube last night, it should be noted that the left over gasket could probably have fit inside the space in the O on a keyboard. I did not thoroughly inspect the new gasket before reinstallation. I did though wipe the excess oil off of it, and from...
I reused the OEM oil drain line as I was sort of assuming that it'd be fine in this case.
I installed the turbo last weekend (6/18 - 6/19), found the leak this weekend (6/25 - 6/26). Based on my best knowledge it's definitely leaking from the turbo side (and yes I know oil does weird things...
Year: 2009
Make: Mazda
Model Mazdaspeed3
Mileage: 188239
DTC: N/A
Modifications: See Signature + CTS4
ECU/Tuning Software: Accesport
Tuner: Freektune
The Concern isn't intermittent, I'm pretty sure it's constant
A little bit of backstory, my OEM ko4 went out about a month ago and I ended up...
Oh my, you are super lucky. I took my 10 minutes to figure out how that whole pivot shaft assembly went back together when I was doing mine a few months ago.
Not to throw this thread off or anything, but Tool is really good.
On another note, I had to do my wheel bearing too and it went off w/ out a hitch, other than we forgot something and had to pull the new one out and it came completely apart so we had to go buy another wheel bearing. Also the...