Hi fellow P5 owners!
I had this beauty in red color for almost 3 years and put about 35k miles on it and it has about 205k total at the moment. I moved to Lake Tahoe 2 years ago and it is when I started to have issues and I am almost certain the extreme cold is causing worn out parts to fail.
Most recently, I replaced air intake hose, it had a crack and I was losing power and at the same time, I replaced spark plugs and ignition coil. No more check engine for a while and a few weeks later I got these codes:
P0456 - EVAP related, could be hoses due to cold or gas tank cap, unsure how to test and find but this seems the least concerning of the problems.
P0660 - EGR Valve
P0401 - Intake Manifold Tuning Valve
I read the forums and some of these might be related to some solenoids. It seems to be these issues are linked to vacuum leak in general.
I would like advise on how to approach this issue. I watched a video to clean/replace EGR Valve and seems easy to do for me. Specifically, what parts should I check/test in which order to address this issue?
I love this car, I have been at a crossroad to whether to sell and get a new car or put money in this car to make it nice. It has been in CA since first purchase and only been in snow the past 2 years. I dont want it to be neglected either but also I never lived in a snow town before in my life so still learning.... Appreciate any advice community has.
If I keep it I would want to do these, not all but most if I could...
Must haves:
- All rubber seals need to be replaced as far as I can tell (there is no water leak anywhere thought it would give protection, preventative care it needs)
- Timing belt due
- All belts/hoses
- CV boot
- Struts/Suspensions
- Brake pads due soon
Nice to have:
- Traction: New Tires (I cannot find all terrain tires for this car in the market, there is not enough room. I use Toyo all season my commute is so short home to work so I didn't bother to get snow tires but when it snows heavy it gets slushy and low clearance makes it hard at times). Apparently P5 was also built as 4wd vehicle in Japan which made me even more curious about possibilities.
- More Power: If I do put money in this car, I would want more power also to be honest so maybe non turbo new engine with more horsepower swap. There is a guy on instagram I Forgot his name, sorry about that and he made a gorgeous built non turbo build with some MazdaSpeed parts that I loved.)
Thanks!
Ned
I had this beauty in red color for almost 3 years and put about 35k miles on it and it has about 205k total at the moment. I moved to Lake Tahoe 2 years ago and it is when I started to have issues and I am almost certain the extreme cold is causing worn out parts to fail.
Most recently, I replaced air intake hose, it had a crack and I was losing power and at the same time, I replaced spark plugs and ignition coil. No more check engine for a while and a few weeks later I got these codes:
P0456 - EVAP related, could be hoses due to cold or gas tank cap, unsure how to test and find but this seems the least concerning of the problems.
P0660 - EGR Valve
P0401 - Intake Manifold Tuning Valve
I read the forums and some of these might be related to some solenoids. It seems to be these issues are linked to vacuum leak in general.
I would like advise on how to approach this issue. I watched a video to clean/replace EGR Valve and seems easy to do for me. Specifically, what parts should I check/test in which order to address this issue?
I love this car, I have been at a crossroad to whether to sell and get a new car or put money in this car to make it nice. It has been in CA since first purchase and only been in snow the past 2 years. I dont want it to be neglected either but also I never lived in a snow town before in my life so still learning.... Appreciate any advice community has.
If I keep it I would want to do these, not all but most if I could...
Must haves:
- All rubber seals need to be replaced as far as I can tell (there is no water leak anywhere thought it would give protection, preventative care it needs)
- Timing belt due
- All belts/hoses
- CV boot
- Struts/Suspensions
- Brake pads due soon
Nice to have:
- Traction: New Tires (I cannot find all terrain tires for this car in the market, there is not enough room. I use Toyo all season my commute is so short home to work so I didn't bother to get snow tires but when it snows heavy it gets slushy and low clearance makes it hard at times). Apparently P5 was also built as 4wd vehicle in Japan which made me even more curious about possibilities.
- More Power: If I do put money in this car, I would want more power also to be honest so maybe non turbo new engine with more horsepower swap. There is a guy on instagram I Forgot his name, sorry about that and he made a gorgeous built non turbo build with some MazdaSpeed parts that I loved.)
Thanks!
Ned