twiztedjeckel
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- '04 SVT Focus
on november 17th i started experiancing some techincal difficulties with my car. while out driving on my lunch break after a short while i noticed a "moooing" noise that started happening while accelerating. i'm figuring "s***,i've got a boost leak". that i can check out once i get home, not a real big deal.
so, upon deceleration i started hearing this metal on metal "chattering, clanking" noise. now i knew things were starting to get a little worse. noticing the noise only happened while taking my foot off the gas i figured it was the turbo. not good.
so i made a stop, got back in the car hoping it was just a fluke and that the noises i heard would go away
and got going again. things went from bad to worse in a hurry. once i got going again the car started bucking and jerking under acceleration and started stalling on me while driving. i had to keep my foot on the gas to keep the RPM's up so it wouldn't die on me. i decided to pull into a parking lot and see if there was anything i could see physically wrong with the car. upon entering the parking lot the car stalled on me again which was alot of fun seeing as the steering went out and sent me on a collision course towards another car. luckily quick thinking and not panicing allowed me to start the car and reef on the stearing wheel to avoid the buick i was about to trade paint with.
once i got the car parked and let it idle which it did surprisingly without stalling the car would just about die out then jerk back to life and the RPM's would come up again the engine was shaking violently. i was going to leave the severely ****** up car sitting in the parking lot and get a ride back to work but couldn't get ahold of anybody so i limped it back. called my dealership who said i shouldn't drive the car anymore and had me call mazda's roadside assistance who came with a flatbed and towed the car back to the dealership where i got the news on the 18th that they diagnosed the car with a blown engine and turbo.
apparently there was extra metal that was left on the block from the casting process that was never properly taken care of which caught in the AGR valve casusing it to stumble and buck. they also found oil in the top of the #3 cylinder. while further inspection was done they actually found damage to all the cylinders.
so 25 days and a bad free neon rental later i got my car back with a laundry list of new parts including the rear bushings that were ordered a week before this all took place.
below is the list of stuff replaced UNDER WARRENTY. the car is unmodded for the exception of a K+N cone filter
1 Turbine inlet gasket
1 Turbine outlet gasket
1 boost control assembly
1 turbo charger assembly
1 oil pipe gasket
1 MAF snsr-to-cmpsrin duct
1 oil pump
1 o-ring
1 gasket
1engine gasket set
1 cylinder head
8 exhaust valves
8 inlet valves
1 o-ring
1 hose clamp
1 oil filter
4 valvoline oil
13 different adjusting disc's
2 anti freeze
1 short block
1 head
1 turbo
total hours worked-19.1
obviously there's some duplicates in there but thats that way it came off on the print out
so, upon deceleration i started hearing this metal on metal "chattering, clanking" noise. now i knew things were starting to get a little worse. noticing the noise only happened while taking my foot off the gas i figured it was the turbo. not good.
so i made a stop, got back in the car hoping it was just a fluke and that the noises i heard would go away
and got going again. things went from bad to worse in a hurry. once i got going again the car started bucking and jerking under acceleration and started stalling on me while driving. i had to keep my foot on the gas to keep the RPM's up so it wouldn't die on me. i decided to pull into a parking lot and see if there was anything i could see physically wrong with the car. upon entering the parking lot the car stalled on me again which was alot of fun seeing as the steering went out and sent me on a collision course towards another car. luckily quick thinking and not panicing allowed me to start the car and reef on the stearing wheel to avoid the buick i was about to trade paint with. once i got the car parked and let it idle which it did surprisingly without stalling the car would just about die out then jerk back to life and the RPM's would come up again the engine was shaking violently. i was going to leave the severely ****** up car sitting in the parking lot and get a ride back to work but couldn't get ahold of anybody so i limped it back. called my dealership who said i shouldn't drive the car anymore and had me call mazda's roadside assistance who came with a flatbed and towed the car back to the dealership where i got the news on the 18th that they diagnosed the car with a blown engine and turbo.
apparently there was extra metal that was left on the block from the casting process that was never properly taken care of which caught in the AGR valve casusing it to stumble and buck. they also found oil in the top of the #3 cylinder. while further inspection was done they actually found damage to all the cylinders.
so 25 days and a bad free neon rental later i got my car back with a laundry list of new parts including the rear bushings that were ordered a week before this all took place.
below is the list of stuff replaced UNDER WARRENTY. the car is unmodded for the exception of a K+N cone filter
1 Turbine inlet gasket
1 Turbine outlet gasket
1 boost control assembly
1 turbo charger assembly
1 oil pipe gasket
1 MAF snsr-to-cmpsrin duct
1 oil pump
1 o-ring
1 gasket
1engine gasket set
1 cylinder head
8 exhaust valves
8 inlet valves
1 o-ring
1 hose clamp
1 oil filter
4 valvoline oil
13 different adjusting disc's
2 anti freeze
1 short block
1 head
1 turbo
total hours worked-19.1
obviously there's some duplicates in there but thats that way it came off on the print out
