Recent content by U5ername

Be careful with the spacers as they crack very easily..ask me how i know. But, all i did was dismantle one of my original bulbs and made my own spacer. Good Luck!

Did you ever find out the issue? I am having the flickering in one of mine as well, happens to be the passenger side. I thought the bulb was loose, but I've found that it does it even when sitting still. It's not constant. It comes and goes. I have the slim ballast and bulbs from DDM...

I ended up taking it to the stealership. At first they said it was the 02 sensors (thats what the CELs were saying). But I knew that wasnt it, but I let them do their thing. They replaced them and said to give it a try. Before i got home the CEL was back on and it was still sputtering while...

(thumb) Would you mind getting us some pics of ur rear spoiler, and maybe who makes it or where u got it from, I'm sure a few ppl on here would like to know, including myself.....sweet ride by the way (thumb)

OK, the CEL came back on and I took it to Advanced as soon as I could. The first code was P2187, bank 1 (he said this code was repeated) - which means it's too lean at idle, and then the other was EVAP leak, dont remember the code tho. And btw, it still hasn't given me any trouble after...

Ok, so I decided to do a little diagnostic troubleshooting myself yesterday, and it got me absolutely nowhere. I took your advice and cleared the codes. No CEL, for now. So I drove it around for a while and thought "the only time this happens is when i refuel." So, I have about an 1/8 of a...

But would a gas cap cause it not to start and idle rough ONLY after refueling? Everytime I refuel I have to depress the accelerator to the floor to get it to start, and then it idles rough for about 30 seconds. After that all is fine, until i refuel again. I never got a CEL until after the...

Ok, so I took it and had the codes pulled, and it threw multiple. P2196 - O2 sensor, P2187 - ?, P0455 - gas cap, and P0131 - ?. Thats a lot of codes, where the heck would i start? I really think its the Purge control valve, but that code didnt come up, or would a bad purge valve cause all...

Gotcha....u prior military by chance?

Yea, I do have a CEL. I guess what ur getting at is that cleaning it probably wont solve my issue?

No, I have not. What would you recommend using to clean it, carburetor cleaner or something like that? And I do have a multimeter, but how would I go about checking it?

So I believe I have a bad Purge solenoid valve. Recently the car has not wanted to start after refueling and the idle had been a little rough at times. From doing some research it sounds like this is a common failure for the Mazdas. My question is, has anyone else had this issue? And if so...

NICE!.....Those wheels are f'n HOT Venom. What are they? And what exactly did you make the mudflaps out of?

^ Thanks, and I kinda, sorta agree with you on the all black monochrome in the rear. But, I absolutely hate chrome. Thus the smoking and blacking of everything. So, what I think I might do, is pull off the "M" and the other badges and finish them in a Satin Silver. As far as being illegal, the...

^thanks, it wasn't too hard. Just have to be patient and take your time. I followed the tutorial on here to the T, and it went pretty smoothly. Here are the updated pics of the rear, with blacked emblems and smoked rear reflectors and third brake light....Tinting the windows will be next...