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Thank you so much for this! I hadn't seen or considered that yet, so I will absolutely give that a shot.

The way I see it, bad choices got me into this situation (don't buy a Jaguar), so they might as well get me out of it.

Indeed. So it sounds like I'm likely in the same boat either way. So it seems my options may be to pull this and do the work or acquire a second and do the work while I limp this one around. I only have to drive like 50 miles a month, so if this makes it 100 I get 2 months to work on the other...

I'm glad you asked, because I had forgotten to mention I checked it. I tested the battery at 12.34 off and 14.32 at idle. I believe those numbers fall pretty close to correct give or take. Not an electronics expert, though, so I could absolutely be wrong.

That was, unfortunately, my concern as well. I'm hoping to get to spend some time this weekend really getting into it, so hopefully we'll know soon.

Was feeling well enough today that I decided to go mess with it a bit. I cleared the codes and checked some more of the settings in the AP and figured I'd see if it could idle on it's own for a few while I checked to see if I could log with the current tune on. And even though I cannot log...

Oh good. Hopefully the rattle is just something trivial that worked itself loose and we're good. Why the hate for JDM engines? From what I've seen they are generally better maintained and pretty reasonably priced. Granted, I'm woefully unfamiliar with Mazdas in general, so maybe there's some...

Got a chance to mess with it again briefly tonight. The breather hose is definitely as seated as it can be. The tube from the intake is seated deeply near the joint on the piece it clips to. It definitely does look weird, though. The BOV was misaligned, and held on with two different bolts no...

One of the unlisted issues is that I don't have plates for it currently (waiting on title), so most everything that can be fixed without too much moving will be done first. So I'll be doing all of this, fluids, and plugs before moving it again. Once those are done I can justify the risk to get...

I'll have to look into the trim and get back on that. Hopefully I'll be able to run logs before I remove the current tune. The BOV i noticed wasn't particularly well secured. It was on my list of things to look at. I didn't, however, notice the breather hose. I'll take a peek at that tomorrow...

I grabbed some quick pictures of the bay before the sun went down. If you guys see anything out of place you'd like to see closer, please point it out and I'll grab some more. I'll get some of the whole car soon, just want get it at least a little bit cleaned up first.

I was only able to toy with it briefly on lunch today, so I didn't get a chance to see what all options I had available beside the two I planned to check. I will absolutely look into that soon. I plan to get pictures posted up soon. I wanted to try cleaning it up a little bit to make it a bit...

So I have a quick update. I received my AP today and checked the codes to see what was being thrown. On top of that, I guess I verified the car was previously tuned. When I went to install the AP, I was greeted with the message about losing the current tune forever. I left it alone for now while...

I'm honestly not sure about the intake setup. It's a Cobb, but something just feels off about it. Hopefully I'll have time tomorrow to get into it more. The other thing I had planned was cleaning the throttle body. I've seen that they can supposedly get pretty dirty and cause idle issues.

I guess that means I'll be taking it apart to see. I honestly have no idea what to expect to find.

Cobb AP has been ordered. Compression test, battery check, then new NGKs and oil up next.

The battery was dead when the driver got it off his truck. He hooked it up and said it looked good, it had just been sitting he suspected. Now that it had some time to run I'll take the meter to it and see what it says. I appreciate the insight.

Also, it was full when I picked it up. I'm in TX so 93 is everywhere and is all that will get ran through it.

Thank you for your response. And agreed. There's a whole lot going on with this. Primary damage was normal wear and tear. Just got it home yesterday, so no compression test yet. It's on the list to be done soon. I plan on doing plugs, oil, etc. first. It's supposed to be in the 60s this week...

Hello, everybody! I am the concerned owner of a new-to-me 2008 Mazdaspeed 3 with 117k miles. Long story short, I won this on auction as a "runs and drives" car as my daily is down indefinitely. Yes this was a risky play, but I'll openly acknowledge my gamling promblem. My goal with the car is...