justintime
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- 2005 mazda 6 s
I bought a 2005 Mazda 6 6cyl in December of 2014. I really like it. It started to not want to start after it was hot. So yesterday, I changed the starter and now that problem is solved. Then, 30 miles later and the next day, after a 20 mile trip I heard a toc toc toccing noise at the end of 2nd and 3rd gear. After parking it and it had cooled down, started back home on interstate doing 65 mph. Slowed down to exit on off ramp, the toc toc toc sound returned. I put it in neutral as I coasted down the off ramp (it's an automatic). Toc toc toc immediately went away. Put it in drive and started hearing "chitty chitty bang bang, knocks and chings and rattles" and the power was reduced and extreme vibration from engine compartment. Decided to go to my mechanic which was approximately 1 miles away. As I was turning into my mechanic's parking lot, the car quit. Turned key off and it restarted so I continued to turn into parking lot and it quit again. Got it restarted and with great difficulty, finally got it up to the garage. There wasn't a check engine light or anything unusual on instrument panel, power was greatly reduced, I had to drive it with one foot on the gas and one on the break just to get it on the lift. There was nothing obvious underneath. The mechanic's computer said it could not communicate with the ICM--Is that the Instrument Control Module or Ignition Control Module(?). After the engine cooled some, the knocking and vibration was greatly reduced. Within 2 minutes of restarting, it became increasingly worse. The mechanics do not have a clue; possibly it jumped timing, they don't know.
Sorry for the long post. H E L P!!!!! S.O.S.
Thanks,
Justintime
Sorry for the long post. H E L P!!!!! S.O.S.
Thanks,
Justintime