Recent content by mazdaspeed3kc

I believe the continued smoking has a lot to do with the extent of damage to your seals. After a certain point, nothing will help you. I've had good luck with the PTP fix, but I contribute that to installing it as soon as my turbo started to resemble something from a Cheech and Chong film...

Well, I know for sure there is only one gasket on there since I took the one that was getting pushed out, off. Then, since the K&N has the 1" nut, I tightened it fairly snug and the leaking stopped. This was all done while the car was running and up on the ramps. I've taken my flashlight and...

OK, that makes sense. Therefore, in my case: No Oil Leak = No Boom! As I mentioned, I removed the pushed out gasket but the old one is still on there. No leaks have been found though. I just didn't know if any other underlying problems could occur. Worries = over. Thanks guys.

And please do excuse my ignorance on a lot of this stuff. I feel more confindent in my knowledge of how our cars operate as each day passes, but I'm by no means a mechanic. Though eventually, I would like to get pretty good at this and have some fun with this car.

You do mean kill an engine from leaking, right? Heart attack approaching...(boom05)

Yeah, I'm an asshole. The old gasket was still on there and still is. So far no leaks, so I'm just going to keep an eye on it. What I meant by "placed the gasket on it" was that I put the new gasket on the new filter. It fell off the filter while in the box. Thanks for the input, even...

Hello, I'm new to the forum as I just recently baught a 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 with 49,000 on it. Wow is all I can really say. This car is one fun ride! (drive2) Anywho, I just changed the oil on it the other day and ended up using a K&N HP-1002 oil filter. I oiled up and placed the gasket on it...