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- 2003 mazdaspeed protege
Dam no leaking fluids, funny smells, etc.
What have you done to your MSP today?
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Spiced MSP
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- 2016 Peterbilt 579
no, everything was operating like normal
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- 2003 mazdaspeed protege
Did you solder you ssafc connections? As the factory Mazda alarm is all the wiring to the little black box intact ( mine quit on me and the wires to that box found their way out )? Check you battery terminals. Kinda shooting in the dark hope this helps good luck.
Ricktalife
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- 2012 Subaru WRX
Thermostat?
Spiced MSP
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- 2016 Peterbilt 579
I don't think that would cause the car to die like it did. The car showed no signs of a bad thermostat. Temps were all normal when it happened. Temp gauge didn't rise until after the car died
jonathanmg19
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- 2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege #2397
About six months back the same happened to me. Check the fuses. I bet they are blown. I had a sensor cable touching metal causing a short circuit.
Ricktalife
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- 2012 Subaru WRX
Well I'm just pissing in the wind here, but sounds to me like the thermostat got stuck open / closed and the ECU went into lockdown. Easiest thing would be to check the SSAFC connections first like brewer said.
Spiced MSP
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- 2016 Peterbilt 579
ok, thanks guys. I'll try in the morning.
2003.5_MSP
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- 2003.5 MSP
Got my full exhaust on + the down pipe from the pope, my what a difference car really has opened up
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege 1660, 2004 Winning Blue RX8, 2005 Mazda6
I haven't been able get a "tune" on the car I liked with the SSAFC at 10psi, though I was close a couple of times, but didn't save the MAP before altering it... So, I dialed the boost down to 9, tweaked around a bit, and think I have MAP that's great for 9psi, and makes the car feel much more powerful in mid-range. I still can't get the top end AFRs where I want them, but at the same time, that's the area I'm afraid of leaning out too much, so it's probably going to stay with this "tune" until it actually get's dyno-tuned this summer.
Finally have my early spring madness completed. In the last 3 days I have installed my AWR deep sump oil pan, 626 intake, thunder mani v2, Mishimoto IC, Mishimoto dual slim fan shroud, and all the plumbing. Holy crap what a difference and all on stock internals and stock tune. Runs great with the exception of hitting a random fuel cut every great once and a while. I just need to trim the front bumper a little bit more to fit the FMIC piping.
is it turning over or does it just start all the electrical stuff? Check all fuses first. I had a main fuse blow and the temp gauge did the same thing. My main fuse blew because wires from the harness melted from the egr and cause a short.
Spiced MSP
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- 2016 Peterbilt 579
it turns over, the car just won't start. Im going to check the fuses and stuff here in a little bit
2003.5_MSP
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- 2003.5 MSP
Spiced MSP
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- 2016 Peterbilt 579
found the culprit. My primary o2 connector melted because it started slightly rubbing against the MAM manifold since the damn o2 bung is on the side. A little bit of metal is exposed which probably shorted it out. Also found a blown fuse which according to the diagram on the manual is for the ECU. So, looks like Im about to buy a new o2 sensor and a fuse. Bad thing is the sensor connector is melted to the connector for the rest of the harness.
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- 2003 mazdaspeed protege
I figured something electrical. Glad you found it and its not too expensive.
