Happened two days ago. I first noticed the slow spooling so i stayed out of it. after i took a ride to Dulles airport and came back(about a 1hr 45min drive) I hear the the turbo trying to spool but its making the horrible noise until about 3500 rpms. I called my one of my friends up and asked him what he thinks it is and he said the turbo is on its way out. Sure enough I go to start my car last night all i hear is this terrible vibrating sound coming from the engine bay(near the rear it's almost like right behind the damn radio) so i let it warm up try to let it spool and the noise comes back and now Melinda(my car) only goes to 10psi....... I'm taking it back to the dealer this week but i heard russel can be assholes. wish me luck.....
Turbo Is Gone....
- Thread starter Tenc_ms3x
- Start date
AutoXRacer
Member
Sounds like your bearings are shot, thus making the turbin contact the walls of the turbo... Ouch...
Sorry dude. How many miles do you have on the engine?
Do you have any mods? Have you had smoking issues?
Sorry dude. How many miles do you have on the engine?
Do you have any mods? Have you had smoking issues?
Darksun280
Member
- :
- MS3
My first one did that. Im on my second one and the turbo is ******* up again now too
Last edited:
Only things i have on my car right now are intake test pipe(removed for the time being) and the aftermarket motor mount. The only thing they might b**** at me about is the fact that i had the muffler cut off but everything else is still there. I've got 41,000 miles
Last edited:
Darksun280
Member
- :
- MS3
nah you guys dont worry. I just have bad luck. They probably damaged the new one on install or something. It makes a loud taping noise at idle all in a sudden.
Well I hope your luck gets better!
SPEED3TYPE2
Member
dam !!! youve only had your car for a few months... sorry to hear your probs bro...
SPEED3TYPE2
Member
damm sorry to hear, to you have an extended warrenty?
ok so heres the update....SHE'S DONE!!!!!! from what it sounds like and what my friend told she jumped timing. Stupid F****** Mazda used a tapered plug instead of treaded bolt on the crank. which means it can slide out over time. they have a fix for it but i dont know if my f****** dealer is gonna do anything about it. on a plus note i might have a new job opportunity, but it still sucks watching your baby get towed and sound like s***.
only thing i have is the powertrain and i hope that helps me out
Forgive me for the confusion, but is your engine ok? So it wasn't the turbo afterall?
AutoXRacer
Member
So should we all check that crank sensor now...?
- :
- 07 Speed3, Cosmic Blue
cosmic_spd3
Member
- :
- 08 Speed3..Cosmic Blue Mica
dAMN dude you have alot of miles on your car..so did they say if that something they have to look into now with the other speed3's???
or u were just bad lucky..
or u were just bad lucky..
Its both the timing prob happened because of low oil pressure due to the turbo sucking up to much oil I believe(someone correct me if I'm wrong)
