Well I will press the issue of the Reflash and probably have to drive the 30 minutes to a dealer where I have a reputation with the service writer. The guy is cool with me and shouldnt have an issue taking care of it but it seems you have to know them to get s*** done.
I will call him tomorrow and see what he says but the same dealer with a different service writer told me it is only if I have issues.
When I think about it there may be something though. Today I got it to ping again in 6th gear under a light load at about 60-70 mph. It sounds like a fast tick then if I go back to 5th gear or let up on the gas it stops. I thought it was just from being in too high a gear and under too much load but am not sure.
As far as power it seems fine to me and I assume when they speak about loss of power it really chokes. Mine doesnt do that at all but in 5th and 6th on a hot day it doesnt seem like it wants to haul ass either. I did a little fast off the line up to 3rd gear and it ripped with a bit of tire chirping so it has its balls still.
Does this sound like anything bad with the ping or ticking or is that just over loading the engine?
I will make that call and more then likely take it in Sat early AM when that guy is there. He is the one that got my rotors turned for free under warranty when I had some steering wheel shaking just before 12k miles.
I would like them to have a look at my soft codes before I go any further. Just to see what is what. I could throw the wideband on now but there is no point if I can not make my own adjustments. That is the further part. Let us know what they can do for you 4311, and Dave please get back to us with details about the fuel problem. Thanks
I called the dealer and the service writer lady seems like she knows her s***. She said if I down shift and the pinging goes away its not a problem other then my driving technique. She said the car is built to drive and to not be in the high gears when I put my foot in it. She said down shift and hammer it then run through the gears or it will retard and give me that noise.
She said if I ever find anything wrong or think I have the symptoms in that TSB they would love to do the work since that is how they get paid. I dont have any of those issues and it seems I need to stop granny shifting to save tire life and get on it a bit more.
hey there, im currently debating getting my stock ecu reflashed by piasini. Im in Australia and have an sp23mazda 3 which is a 2.3ltr model.
I have a few questions maybe members here could help out, ive also started a thread here but havent got many responses. Sp23 piasini Ecu.
I was wondering if the base functioning of the ECU will kick in??? Most ECU tunings look at A/F ratios and ignition timing. Now the stock ECU will always "tune" the engine though timing and A/F ratio depending on the fuel being used; it has it's own knock sensor and advanced/retards timing to a particular amount of knock. Does this mean that we can "tune" the timing in an advanced state, hence pushing the knock up a bit, hence the stock ECU senses the increased knock then retards the timing again????? Effectively this would be the stock ECU undoing the tuning that was done.
