Recent content by sami.speed3

Hey guys, final update from me! Had a chat to a few mechanics and got a part ordered just over a month ago. It just came in just the other day (there were none in New Zealand; typical), swapped out the old check valve today and the brakes feel normal. Looks like the issue with finding the part...

OF COURSE I feel like such an egg, my car is right hand drive. I completely overlooked that, things make a lot more sense now. I don't want to risk not being able to return the parts, so what I might do is just pull out the vacuum hose and the supposed check valve (#43-770), referring...

Hello everyone! Sorry for such a late update, hopefully someone's still interested! So an issue I'm running into is mainly down to figuring out which part I actually need. I've done a little digging and felt very confident I knew the part I needed was the vacuum hose, as the check valve is...

Guys thank you so much! Just woke up to all this support, I was really worried last night. This is so helpful, I'll give it my best shot. Thanks again I'll let you know how it goes.

I've just done some more testing and it actually happens at pretty much any speed, as long as switch from throttle to brake quite fast, and so long as I'd just been accelerating quite quickly. It happens in every gear (couldn't properly test first or sixth). It's worse* the faster I'm...

Understood! Thanks for a quick response. 90% sure it's completely stock, did all the checks I could find from Youtube. 80,000kms on it at the moment. Unfortunately no service history. Pretty sure problem existed in my entire ownership, but can't know for certain as for the first week or so as...

Hello! I bought my Mazdaspeed 3 about 3 weeks ago now and I've been loving it, however have just been noticing an unusual problem. Its a 2008 gen 1 model, completely stock, and treated quite well by previous owners. Often after I accelerate quite fast and hit the brakes they feel really stiff...