I imported my 2003.5 MSP back home to Norway after my semester in USA, a fun car to drive on these roads but maybe a mistake moneywise.
The car broke down yesterday, like 2KMs (just over a mile) from a Mazda dealer, but that doesn't help much since even as the car is covered under the factory warranty and a total care extended protection plan there is absolutely no help to get from the warranty as the car is not in North-America any more.
The dealer says cylinder 2 is defective, either something found its way into my engine or a valve loosened up and hit the piston. From loosing power to check engine light flashing happened within 10 seconds. Before it was absolutely no unfamiliar noises or any signs of trouble at all.
Anyone else experienced this?
and can anyone tell me how this can happen and how to prevent it in the future.
For those who like to read, here is the story of what happened:
I was accelerating into E39 (equivalent to your highways) at first rather fast up to 30miles and then slower up to about 40-45miles. I noticed that I had to press the gas a little bit further than normal to keep a slow acceleration up a very short hill, and the my boost gauge showed me slightly less boost than expected, but I didn't think much of it. About 5 seconds after the check engine light blinked three times before going into solid. I pulled over first chance I had just some seconds later and the car died when I depressed the clutch. When I opened the hood I saw smoke coming from the turbo itself and a little oil lying around the top of the turbo.
The engine oil and coolant level is both OK and the engine temperature gauge was at normal temperature when it happened. I started the car and drow very slowly about 1/4 of a mile to the nearest parking lot. The car started OK but the engine was running everything but smoothly, and when I am closing in on 2000RPMs I can hear a ticking sound which I think is the turbo trying to spool up. The check engine light starts with a solid light and then starts blinking after a while.
My car is a 2003.5 MSP, 42 800miles with mazdaspeed lighweight flywheel, extigy clutch, NGK iridium lower temperature spark plugs, a boost gauge and a MPI tuner installed (don't think it does much though.) otherwise stock. I am the second owner of the car so I can't know for sure, but I think this car has never seen more than stock boost. It had an injen intake, but is now running with stock air intake the last approx 9 000 miles.
The engine oil is about 200 miles old.
The car broke down yesterday, like 2KMs (just over a mile) from a Mazda dealer, but that doesn't help much since even as the car is covered under the factory warranty and a total care extended protection plan there is absolutely no help to get from the warranty as the car is not in North-America any more.
The dealer says cylinder 2 is defective, either something found its way into my engine or a valve loosened up and hit the piston. From loosing power to check engine light flashing happened within 10 seconds. Before it was absolutely no unfamiliar noises or any signs of trouble at all.
Anyone else experienced this?
and can anyone tell me how this can happen and how to prevent it in the future.
For those who like to read, here is the story of what happened:
I was accelerating into E39 (equivalent to your highways) at first rather fast up to 30miles and then slower up to about 40-45miles. I noticed that I had to press the gas a little bit further than normal to keep a slow acceleration up a very short hill, and the my boost gauge showed me slightly less boost than expected, but I didn't think much of it. About 5 seconds after the check engine light blinked three times before going into solid. I pulled over first chance I had just some seconds later and the car died when I depressed the clutch. When I opened the hood I saw smoke coming from the turbo itself and a little oil lying around the top of the turbo.
The engine oil and coolant level is both OK and the engine temperature gauge was at normal temperature when it happened. I started the car and drow very slowly about 1/4 of a mile to the nearest parking lot. The car started OK but the engine was running everything but smoothly, and when I am closing in on 2000RPMs I can hear a ticking sound which I think is the turbo trying to spool up. The check engine light starts with a solid light and then starts blinking after a while.
My car is a 2003.5 MSP, 42 800miles with mazdaspeed lighweight flywheel, extigy clutch, NGK iridium lower temperature spark plugs, a boost gauge and a MPI tuner installed (don't think it does much though.) otherwise stock. I am the second owner of the car so I can't know for sure, but I think this car has never seen more than stock boost. It had an injen intake, but is now running with stock air intake the last approx 9 000 miles.
The engine oil is about 200 miles old.
