What have you done to your Miata today?
- Thread starter Antoine
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I got it for $825
Negative.
So apparently the Miata doesn't like to stall when it's cold. I came to the 1st light outside of the office park, and left it in 3rd by accident. Didn't notice that it was in 3rd until I was almost off of the clutch and it wasn't moving. D'oh! Killed it. It would turn over, but it wouldn't crank.
Awesome. Rolled it backwards into the grass, which was fun. Fortunately the other cars gave me a wide berth. Also fortunately, I had a couple took kits with me for a trip to florida to pick up a possibly non-running car this weekend (I was picking up the van w/ trailer @ lunch). Pulled the #1 plug, and didn't smell a boat load of fuel or anything, so it didn't seem flooded. Put the plug back in, sat in the car, and it cranked right up. Wierdness. Apparently letting it sit for a couple minutes did the trick (shrug)
Awesome. Rolled it backwards into the grass, which was fun. Fortunately the other cars gave me a wide berth. Also fortunately, I had a couple took kits with me for a trip to florida to pick up a possibly non-running car this weekend (I was picking up the van w/ trailer @ lunch). Pulled the #1 plug, and didn't smell a boat load of fuel or anything, so it didn't seem flooded. Put the plug back in, sat in the car, and it cranked right up. Wierdness. Apparently letting it sit for a couple minutes did the trick (shrug)
Word man...now put that bumper back on!
Did you install a Bypass valve incase you accidentally suck up some water??
Hydrolock is a b****! I HL'd one of my 2 DSMs back in the day...insurance did not cover that.
Nope. Intake is halfway up the bumper. Water is going to be coming in the doors before it hydrolocks. From what I've read the bypass valves leak on full throttle and then you are injesting un-filtered air.
Nope. The main relay is basically a fuse. We treated it as such by simply replacing it. Problem solved. Car runs great and boosts well and the electronics are g2g. I kept mentioning to him about the fuses but he said they were good. We then called up a mazda specialist who ended up being a guys dad from masdaclubtr (Turkish mazda club) and he tracked the problem down. Good guy too went to jpn and did the mazda service course. He apperently is the man to go to. His son also has a 99. The one with the blue ht from my meet pics.
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