Recent content by SparkYellow

Been looking around for tips on alternator replacement and there isn't much. 🤦 My CX-3 will reach 180K miles in 1055 miles. I don't think it's a life-time component like the rear wiper. Having dealt with electrical hiccups and other setbacks, I don't want any more surprises. Alternator...

I understand the importance of flow on Skyactiv engines and appreciate your earlier post about shorter OCI. I wonder if there are two parts of the flow: fresh oil entering the top inlet holes into the filter media, and exiting through the inner tube/core/support. Do they both matter? 😅

Let me send a distress signal for more help... @sm1ke 😳😳

In the thread linked above, someone noted the MAF sensor as the culprit. You can explore that aspect yourself. If all your cylinders are misfiring, the cause is hopefully something other than a dead cylinder. I learned recently that the scanning process is not absolutely precise/perfect. The...

Your ambient temps are way up there. I didn't know that there are two values. Do you happen to have stats for intake temp? I recall intake temp is higher than ambient because it is in an enclosed space. Would an excessively high value lead to a poor mix?

1700 miles is a very short interval. It'd be great if your sample yields no potassium/sodium. If the values are high, then you can address the problem. Can you check under the rad cap too? Here are my two recent results from Blackstone showing coolant in oil. This level is not enough to impact...

Hang in there you've made great progress in two days!

The app has been updated a couple of times in the last month and I think it doesn't tolerate my OBD2 devices any more. I am using a 4 amp maintainer to nurse the brand new battery. With the old device, it showed 14.3v which is consistent with the maintainer's flashing green light (full/max)...

Installed battery #4 on my 2017 this morning. Placed the order late last night. Item is in stock but the order was still being processed after 9:30 am. I wonder if they're saving battery pickups for later because most folks expect free installation and they're short staffed. Drove over, picked...

Thank you all for the recommendations! I decided to go with Duralast at AutoZone because of the 4 year warranty. By reading reviews on all eligible batteries, I realized that they all fail prematurely on some unfortunate consumers. I understand that there are other factors that contribute to the...

There has got to be some significance with the brakes because of the different response that you noted. Does your OBD tool show any brake-related sensor/stats or do you know all that is involved in braking? Mine shows two: brake fluid pressure and brake switch, but there could be more on your...

The two values on the CX3 are like this. Temp 2 (water B) is at the radiator. Temp 1 stays above 194 and below 214. ADD: The first pic shows the hour drive to Oakland in the morning via 237 and 880. Smooth flow at moderate speed until approaching Oakland. The second pic is the trip home from...

Your charts for the stats at lower speed show a lot of fluctuation that don't really match the slight changes in speed. It went high up to 198 or so when the speed was still under 40. The dip to 170 in the middle also isn't justified. Temp 2 at the water pump is lower for pulling cooler fluid...

They call it water temp sensor. 😅 18840C. One is on the driver side of the engine near 15-17Z the water control valve. The other is on the passenger side near 15-010 the water pump. I may be looking at the wrong diagram though, there are variations between US/Canada and Mexico, with or without CD.

Can you look up coolant temp sensor on the parts diagram for your CX-5? That's how I found out that the second value (for CX-3) was for the radiator.