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Here are the pics I took of the car/damage: It was actually TWO cylinders that had the valves break. o.O Those are the valve heads sitting in cylinders 1 and 4.

Damn sorry to see this dude. Did you just have the money for a new motor laying around?? Key words... (lol2)

me toooo!! :D hells ya! (yes)

What did I just say? I did not over rev it. (dark) The "diagnosis" is all speculation at this point. If 4-5K is over revving the motor, then I know a lot of people with speed3s who would be in deep s***. :p

LOL!! ok ya you got me beat ;) Actually I was just about to post that I am SUPER happy with the outcome. I just got a call from the service manager and the Mazda rep: the motor will be in today and they are going to replace the turbo as well due to damage from the metal shavings when the...

Thanks maing! long time no talk :)

Update: The dealer is coming through. I did email the sales manager and the service manager about our car-buying experience: I did put my contact info but took it out here. Here's the story on the guy I referenced that had to have his motor replaced...

Yep and if they even TRY to rebut with denying the warranty claim I WILL report it to the news. This dealer has already had one report against it regarding the amount of time it took for a motor replacement, and the guy had a stock 3 for a while, it was under warranty, the claim was approved no...

Perhaps, but there's still a hole in the piston and metal all in the internals. Of course. There's no way to know if they car was modded before, but I'd say if the warranty was voided before, they'd have known by now since they already researched the VIN. I am going to try!

My CX-7 is my rice punisher ;D Ya that's a load of crap...and no I talked to the tech who actually dropped the oil pan. Tell me about it.. They keep sending me letters about how our experience was and I am half-damned-tempted to go directly up there and talk to the sales manager about the POS...

It would seem at the price these were sold at, the pistons are probably not anything more special than what are in the NA 2.3L. If they are forged, that would be surprising that they could disintegrate with only 265 hp, depending upon the design. mine was an early '04 that a bought brand new...

OK, the last time I tried starting it (once the tow truck dropped it off at the dealer) I do remember hearing some clunking for a second and the starter lulled to a stop. That makes sense. The unofficial diagnosis (per the tech who was working on it): When the oil pan was dropped there were a...

daaaamn! that sux dude! I'm too lazy to search around, but was yours under warranty??

The dealer said it's definitely internal motor which is covered by the drive train warranty. I'm ******* LIVID because I just bought this car! I just made the first payment and it blows up?!?! I'm REALLY having a tough time wanting to stick with mazda after the RX-8 and now this. The better...

I looked at it last night and none of the piping I could see was loose. The dealer's going to look at it today and call me.

My stock speed3 was under boost at a high rpm (~5k) when the CEL started flashing, car started hesitating and bucking, then died. It won't restart. I'm waiting on the tow truck now to come pick it up to take it to the dealer. Car has 58k, motor turns over, just won't start. No pinging or...

hawt!!

luv the low profile headlights Mr Mazda. :)

Oh damn those boosted miatas... lol ;) Sounds good!! only question is how do I bring both my cars? heh

It's ok, my wifey doesn't like to go to car stuff either :p