Recent content by deuceWI

Due to life getting busy, my spring timing chain project is now becoming a fall project instead, and I've been re-reading some of the timing chain related posts before I get started. For the issue in this thread, pulling the valve cover to check things definitely sounds like the first step...

lol, yep tons of miles. Not sure if Mazda got their crap figured out by the time 08.5s came out, and I've tugged the chain through the oil cap from time to time, but just kept on driving it waiting for the day I start hearing the rattle of doom. I think that rattle came all at once in dramatic...

Yeah, I'm very leery of having some local shop touch the car unless I can be certain they've done timing chain jobs on speeds before. It's been quite a while since I've done a big wrenching project, so I've been contemplating ordering parts and just getting to work at my own slow pace...

Starting off with one of those boring first posts to say Hi Everyone. I've had my Speed3 since new in 08 and have put on over 250k in mostly trouble free miles (minus a freak transmission pop around 100k). Since then just doing regular maintenance and driving the car. Used to frequent the...