Recent content by Bobbytron21

Hello everyone! I’ve come for everyone’s opinion on an engine I found on Facebook marketplace. It has Manley h beam rods, weisco pistons, no balance shaft, and a cracked exhaust valve (head and block already separated). He said it had 7k miles, being ran with a bnsr s3. Obviously I plan to tear...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to give this thread another try as I still have the same issue. I did follow the Roku tutorial beth carefully, and the crank cam lines up on the 20th tooth perfectly. I’m pulling the valve cover off soon to peek at the cams, maybe pulling the hpfp out to put the timing...

I ordered the kit off of corksport… Everything came in mazda oem bags but could the vvt actuator be faulty?

I have done a fresh timing chain job, new vvt actuator and every step was done with care. Before and after the job sadly, I have an over retarded timing code (p0012 i believe). I made sure the 20th tooth is lined up and I have a feeling I have an oil pressure issue? On days that are 85 degrees...

I know this is an old thread but did you find a definite fix for this issue? because i’m having the same exact problem. Driving at colder times I don’t really have an issue, but my idle seems a little off and in stop and go traffic on hot days, my oil light begins to flicker. It’s very eerie to...

While doing 60 on the highway my car started making a violent rattle from the transmission area and the 4wd light illuminated. This stopped shortly after and the light turned back off but my cabin began to fill with smoke. (I think this was grease burning off of my engine filling the cabin) I...

I got a jdm engine that i’ve put around 500 miles on but it’s had timing issues. I did the timing chain, tensioners, and installed a new vat actuator, but i still had the p0016. last night I did the vvt control solenoid thinking it would be the last part to get ride of the code but no dice… what...

One new oil seal, axel and bearing later the problems solved! learned a lesson on taking my time, this was completely avoidable. This ended up ripping the cv boot on the front of the driveshaft as well… luckily there’s a thread here on replacing that boot, though it was an annoying job to do

Yeah the engine was in rough shape, turbo was shot and had to transfer the old one. In other news I am replacing the axel seal, axel, and bearing. The left engine mount wasn't fully tightened which caused it to drop ruining the front left driveline components:(

Update: I've looked deeper into the whole front end assembly and my biggest note is fluid leaving from where the driver side axel meets the transmission. I feel like its most likely a torn bool leaking grease but it also could be transmission fluid. I'm going to pull the axel out and update on...

I just replaced the engine with a jdm 60k mile engine. This came with it's own set of issues but its been on the road for a day now and now there's a loud thudding coming from the front left tire. There is no grinding noise like a bad bearing, but a thud every wheel rotation so it gets faster...