tt930
Greenie N00B Member
I have removed the engine from a 2008 3speed. It has around 190k miles. I got it from a friend who was the 2nd owner. It had what appeared to be a bad head gasket. It has great service records with many oil changes and other services. It does have a K&N intake and filter and a Cobb access port with what I think was the stage 1 tune installed (I wonder if this caused the head gasket problem???). I did a leak down test and cylinders #1 & #2 were fine, but #3 leaked a lot of air out the spark plug hole in #4. So I took the engine out and it did have a bad head gasket. The head is at a machine shop getting refreshed. So while I have the engine out I plan to update/replace the following:
Oh can anybody tell me the part number for this part? took it off the engine weeks ago and forgot where it came from. Upon inspection recently I noticed a small rust hole forming. I can't find it in the a Madza parts catalog. I tried looking under coolant parts but did not see anything that looked like it.
- Timing chains, the VVT and tensioner
- Clutch plate, throw out bearing and pilot bushing
- I removed the engine balance shaft and installed the Corksport oil pan baffle.
- ARP head studs
- New PVC valve
- New power steering hoses, they were badly rusted and has started to leak
- Corksport rear motor mount
- Timing cover crank seal
- Cam cover gasket
- rear main seal
- Water pump, thermostat?
- O2 sensors
- Pressure plate (do they go bad? my other MS3 with 216K on the original clutch is doing great)
- Fuel pump high pressure internals
- Oil cooler, Oil temp and pressure gauges? (I plan to do a few track days with the car down the road)
- Anything else??
Oh can anybody tell me the part number for this part? took it off the engine weeks ago and forgot where it came from. Upon inspection recently I noticed a small rust hole forming. I can't find it in the a Madza parts catalog. I tried looking under coolant parts but did not see anything that looked like it.
