Recent content by kemerick

There are no drips in my driveway and none that I can see on the bottom of the engine. The car has been loosing oil for a year or so but not this bad of late. Last week the car spewed a bunch of smoke out the exhaust and now when the car is on, it occasionally spews a bunch of smoke out the...

BTW - At how many miles should the coil packs and wires be swapped out? I am at 78k.

Yeah, that sounds like a different issue for sure. I posted on another forum and someone suggested swapping the plugs as they are original (78k miles). I did the front ones and it looks like I need to pull the entire intake manifold to get to the back ones... that will be this weekend and not...

Never mind... I took off the cover and found the coil packs east to remove. It looks like I will need to remove the intake manifold to get to the back ones... that is going to be a joy. Any idea as to what the gap needs to be for a 2004 Mazda6 3.0L?

I see lots of discussions about what kind of plugs but does anyone have link or document on how to change the plugs on a 2004 Mazda6 3.0L?

No... once started it idles just fine.

In the past month it has taken longer than normal but nothing like today where I held the key and after 2-3 seconds it did not start. Round two it fired right up. It did the same thing when I left work. I live in Southern California so it was 70 or so this morning and 85 or so in the afternoon...

I forgot about this post and moved on... it actually ended up being the throttle body in case anyone reads up on this post and has the same symptoms.

The car is still under warranty but since I did not keep my reciepts for my oil changes, the extended warranty its essentially void. I'll take it in so they can tell me whats up. The weird thing is, I can easily get it up to freeway plus speed, but I cannot do it quickly. I step on the gas...

...that is unless you or someone else has other suggestions?

No CEL and no to the tune up. All I have done is oil changes and two air filters in 70k. I guess I'll take it to the dealer and pay the $75 for the diagnotics or whaterver it costs. Thanks for the respone and I'll re-post when I find out whatever it is...

I have a stock 2004 Mazda 6 3.0 with an issue that just popped up the other day. It has 70,000 miles on it and all I have ever done to it is change the air filter twice and do Mobil1 every 5k. The surging of the engine only happens when I accelerate faster than a normal rate. That sounds...