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Old 03-27-2014 | 05:58 PM
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If a customer comes in and a compression test is done. This is the procedure they have us do regardless of what the book says if the screen shows good for the housings they will consider it good.
Old 03-27-2014 | 06:58 PM
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Putting in the wrong numbers doesn't prove your point. The Renesis can't generate the numbers in your pic.
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...and as I keep saying, who gives a flying french peacock what that machine says.

Put it this way. Would you willingly buy a car with those scores just because you think Mazda says that they are fine? Or would you go looking for one that isn't failing?

You would go find one that isn't failing, and that's the point. A failing engine is a failing engine, regardless of any warranty coverage decision.
Old 03-27-2014 | 07:51 PM
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This thread is going somewhere.

OP needs a motor.
Old 03-27-2014 | 08:07 PM
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Putting in the wrong numbers doesn't prove your point. The Renesis can't generate the numbers in your pic.
Those are the numbers from the original post.
Old 03-27-2014 | 08:10 PM
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RIWWP dont say anything. lets see how long it takes him to figure it out
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I've already said it twice now.


RJay, take a look at the units of measure and try again.
Old 03-27-2014 | 08:21 PM
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first thing first, a slower starter not gonna affect the result ---- simply because you just need to hold a button on the tester, and it will automatically Convert the numbers to 250 rpm. (unless the guy who did the test was a retard, however)

anyway, this is a sign of failure, your engine is going down, yada yada, but if mazda (dealership?) said u're not getting one, then you are not getting one. sad, but true. *shurgs*
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The OP isn't looking for warranty coverage... he has a 2004, there isn't a warranty left anyway.

RJay is just trying to argue that an engine with failing scores is perfectly acceptable if Mazda doesn't agree to cover it. It's the kind of dealer BS that pisses off so many owners.
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You aren't doing yourself any favors.

660 KPA is NOT 660 PSI.

660 KPA is ~95psi.
Your write. I just looked and seen that I entered them numbers in psi spaces. Fatal mistake I admit. Still the case I'm trying to make is that it's not up to the dealer that approves or disapprove a warranty claim. The final say comes from the manufacturer.
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I understand that it's up to corporate on that decision.

What I'm saying is that regardless of if it's approved or denied, it's still a failing engine.
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Originally Posted by RIWWP
The OP isn't looking for warranty coverage... he has a 2004, there isn't a warranty left anyway.

RJay is just trying to argue that an engine with failing scores is perfectly acceptable if Mazda doesn't agree to cover it. It's the kind of dealer BS that pisses off so many owners.
I see it day in day out, we can have the proof that it's failing and submit it, and Mazda has denied them.
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...and that doesn't magically make the engine be healthy. It's still failing.
Old 03-27-2014 | 09:16 PM
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...and that doesn't magically make the engine be healthy. It's still failing.
Even from the beginning of this loving convo I agree that it's failing. I guess failed to properly state if it is warrant able by mazda. And depending on that all the related recalls are done it wouldn't be anyway.
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Even from the beginning of this loving convo I agree that it's failing. I guess failed to properly state if it is warrant able by mazda. And depending on that all the related recalls are done it wouldn't be anyway.
The text in your posts hasn't agreed that it's failing. If you meant to type that, you typoed something rather badly.
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"Pretty good" = failing.
Interesting concept.
Must be how Mazda techs get certified.
Old 03-27-2014 | 10:00 PM
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"Pretty good" = failing.
Interesting concept.
Must be how Mazda techs get certified.
I can't argue that. They give one thing, tell us another, but it all goes against what is in tge instructor lead classes.
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Originally Posted by RIWWP

The text in your posts hasn't agreed that it's failing. If you meant to type that, you typoed something rather badly.
The whole discussion was on what the dealer/manufacturer will approve warranty motor on those readings given.
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Um, nope. Re-read the first post.
but do these numbers seem healthy enough?
No warranty reference, and being a 2004, his warranty expired 2-3 years ago, regardless of mileage
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"Hey, your kid is failing every subject and probably will not graduate."
"That's pretty good"
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"Hey, your kid is failing every subject, but since we can't afford to keep him here another year, we are going to graduate him anyway"
"Oh horray! That means my kid is smart! He graduated!"
Old 03-28-2014 | 09:12 AM
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Um, nope. Re-read the first post.

No warranty reference, and being a 2004, his warranty expired 2-3 years ago, regardless of mileage
I'm talking our discussion.
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Originally Posted by RJayX-8
I'm talking our discussion.
...

I was never discussing that with you. I have been saying that the engine is failing, and you have been insisting that it isn't failing because Mazda wouldn't approve warranty coverage on it.

I've maintained the same statement and perspective the whole time:

Originally Posted by RIWWP
Numbers that are failing are NOT "pretty good"
Originally Posted by RIWWP
His numbers ARE failing. Period.
Originally Posted by RIWWP
Whether or not Mazda would grant warranty coverage has nothing at all to do with the fact that the scores still fail.
Originally Posted by RIWWP
Putting in the wrong numbers doesn't prove your point. The Renesis can't generate the numbers in your pic.
Originally Posted by RIWWP
A failing engine is a failing engine, regardless of any warranty coverage decision.
Originally Posted by RIWWP
The OP isn't looking for warranty coverage... he has a 2004, there isn't a warranty left anyway.

RJay is just trying to argue that an engine with failing scores is perfectly acceptable if Mazda doesn't agree to cover it.
Originally Posted by RIWWP
What I'm saying is that regardless of if it's approved or denied, it's still a failing engine.
Originally Posted by RIWWP
...and that doesn't magically make the engine be healthy. It's still failing.
I seem to be pretty consistent there.
Old 03-28-2014 | 01:11 PM
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Oh my Lordd!! Is it really that difficult to admit your mistake?

No one has accused you or blamed you of anything, you do your job and comply with Mazda's poliocies thats great.

However, that entire warranty related stuff is irrelevant to the OP's question. As RIWWP said, his engine is failing, so its failing, and you said its not failing..
Old 03-29-2014 | 09:34 AM
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I have returned!... and see that an argument has ensued in my absence. Can we agree that although some of the faces are failing, there is no accurate method to determine when in fact the engine will go kaput. So here's to hoping someone else will find enjoyment in the vehicle for thousands of miles to come.

I've made the decision to sell the '8. It only has 61K miles and is in great shape. I love this car, but I need something more practical for the pacific northwest. I'll make a For Sale post in the FST section. Check it out if you want!


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