Turbo Is Gone....

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Black Mica MS3
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.....
 
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?
 
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.....

My first one did that. Im on my second one and the turbo is ******* up again now too
 
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I have never delt with russel, but there none of the dealerships like to warrenty this stuff anymore so make sure its back to stock cause they will find every excuse to deny you. what are you mods?
 
yea russel isnt fun from what i have herd too. hell Fitzgerald told me if i would of had my forge valve on the car when it came in Mazda would not have put a motor on my car after it threw a rod! over a lil thing that makes a lil noise! dealerships are great lol
 
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?

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
 
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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

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***.
 
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***.

Forgive me for the confusion, but is your engine ok? So it wasn't the turbo afterall?
 
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..
 

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