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Hello. I drive a 2010 mazdaspeed 3. I recently installed a cork sport oil catch can. And installed a new rotomasters turbo cartridge. Every time I start the car it idles a little rough and white smoke comes out from behind the engine bay. And it smells like something is burning. I primed the...

Hello. I hope everyone is doing well. I just put an oil catch can in my car. While I had the intercooler and intake off, I decided to inspect the turbo. I was very on the fence about replacing the cartridge in it. I got the car put back together and the oil return line got left loose by...

Hello I hope everyone is doing well. I am putting my car back together after doing some work on it. It sat a while with the valve cover off. I shined a light down into the spark plug hole to see if the pistons are dirty before putting new spark plugs in. They are pretty dirty. Is there a way I...

Hello I hope everyone is doing well. I got in my car the other day and it had a hard time starting. It has always ran well up until the other day. It burns oil but has always seemed like it has good compression. There is some black smoke and oil that is come out of the exhaust. Also when I went...

Hello, I hope everyone is doing well. I drive a 2010 Mazda speed 3. I just bought it and I am wondering what needs to be done at 125k miles. I have heard things like check timing and stuff. But what exactly should I do? Is it possible to do a compression test at home with the inter cooler off...

Hello. I hope everyone is doing well. Does anybody have (or know where I can find) a spreadsheet of all the torque specs for the 2nd Generation speed 3? I don’t have a service manual yet.

Hello. I hope everyone is doing well. I own a 2010 Speed 3. I took my oil cap off today while it was running and oil started shooting out of the oil filler hole with a little bit of smoke and a lot of air pressure. Enough pressure to make a piece of paper held over the filler hole flap. It is...