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    Valve adjustment

    So I decided to try to eliminate the obnoxious ticking noise emanating from the top of my engine today. After pulling the valve cover and checking clearances on all 16 valves, I found 5 to be out of spec. I had found the culprit. As I'm reading in the service manual, i realize that there are...
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    Tick and burning oil

    Hi, First things first, my P5 has a lifter tick that has been around for a while now and it burns oil on start up. I have seen absolutely no evidence that I'm burning oil while driving. My father is suggesting we pull the head and get it re-machined to alleviate the oil issue(we assume it's...
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    Odd exhaust noises

    Hello all, I am pretty new to posting here, and I was hoping that someone could help me a bit. I recently installed a new axle back exhaust(the Mazdaspeed) and it works great. No issues with that unit, and the install went relatively smoothly. However, since I did the install, I have been...
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