Oil change time, 7k miles between changes this time. For giggles, checked levels before, about 3 weeks since I checked. Was low. Fuck. Went underneath and up, leak. After discussing with @Mauro_Penguin, probably pvc or the oem plate seal leaking. So maybe an upgrade there is needed. Still hoping to find a black intake manifold at some point because my greasy original one is making me not win the show at race wars.
I'll just tell you what I did: found an used one, sent it to a fabricator to delete the VCTS, used a wire brush and cleaned it up and then I sprayed it with paint and like 2 layers of clearcoat, and then used some good paint sealant to keep it clean over time.
I used silver because I wanted an OEM-ish colour and dust and dirt will not ruin the aspect that much. But any heat resistant paint will do, I used some bodywork spray can paint I had for my ForFour Brabus and some OEM Mazda clear coat.
Confirmed it's the solenoid. Got gas and it barely started. Oem was going out for sure. Bosch/Duradontlast failed in 4 months. New oem arrives tomorrow thanks to free swap.
Confirmed it's the solenoid. Got gas and it barely started. Oem was going out for sure. Bosch/Duradontlast failed in 4 months. New oem arrives tomorrow thanks to free swap.
Figured Gen Wins and 6s have those cheap ones. I gotta do my PCV on the PU now, getting to old for this since no matter Nator friends to do it for me lol.