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Old 08-21-2009 | 01:12 PM
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the engine blow off in a day


The engine spoiled in a day on the high way with less than 100 miles per hour.
One month before my engine was like this:
What could happened?

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Old 08-21-2009 | 01:14 PM
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I don't speaky your language. Are you saying your engine blew up in a day? If so, either user error or bad install.
Old 08-21-2009 | 01:17 PM
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Did you leave your engine on the roof? I forgot a cup of coffee on my roof once and it blew off on the highway.
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Haha! No but seriously, NEED MORE INFO!
Old 08-21-2009 | 01:23 PM
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Ok first for all forgive me for my bad English but i believe every one understand what i mean.
I was driving on the high way for 10 minutes with 5th gear and the car stopped accelerating fast so i put the 4th gear and it does not go over 90 miles. i slow down and the car stop working. Thats it !!!!
Old 08-21-2009 | 01:26 PM
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i had 55.000 kilometre than means 34.000 miles
Old 08-21-2009 | 01:26 PM
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Is it a new motor? How many KM/Miles on the motor? Year of car? Was it acting weird before it lost power?
Old 08-21-2009 | 01:34 PM
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^ its 2004 everything was ok before an hour!!! i said 34.000 miles!!!
and then it sounds like a boxster and when i take my leg for the accelerate pedal the engine stopped so i thought that it could be a spark plug or a pipe or something else. i check it and everything was good. i try to start up the engine but
So i went to mazda service an as you seen in the first image the engine is dead!!! in both rotors
Old 08-21-2009 | 01:47 PM
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I dont understand what I am looking at in those pics... I cant make out the computer screens.

Also, you were cruising at 90 mph in 5th gear? Why?
Old 08-21-2009 | 01:50 PM
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^ i am not cruising i try to accelerate with the 5th gear. this images is the compression of my engine now and before a month. you did never done this? to see your engines health?
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I still can barely make what you're saying, but sounds like you blew your engine, case closed. Get a new engine.
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He went form good compression to fail level compression in a month. That's what he's saying.
Can't really tell you why this would happen. Your car should have warranty (I don't know foreign warranty policies from Mazda) so get a new engine.

Looks to me like you lost an Apex seal. Why? I don't know.

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Old 08-21-2009 | 02:04 PM
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^ i know that i need a new engine but i want to ask if someone know any reason that my engine die in a day!! that is what happen to my car.
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Did you mess with the Cobb tune on your own?
Old 08-21-2009 | 02:07 PM
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i am out of warranty.
Easy E1 you understand what i am thinking about.
did anyone know if the custom map in my Ap that i install the last 2 months or the catback that i change the last month could be a problem ??
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Who did the tuning on the Accessport? And did you hear any knocking/pinging just before you lost power?
Exhaust should not cause any issues with the engine. Unless it is completely plugged causing major restrictions.
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Tuning could definitely cause engine failure. It happens all the time. As Easy said, who tuned it?
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Was it Easytune/EZtune (?) that did the Accessport tuning?
Old 08-21-2009 | 02:15 PM
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A guy in Greece that sells the Ap far away for us to know him!
No i didn't listen anything but some days before sometimes in the high rpm i was listening a strange noise.
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Maybe send your tuning MAP if you still have it to MazdaManiac, or someone who could tell you if it's problematic.
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Sounds to me like you were a little lean on the tune at that rpm and detonation occurred. That would cause an Apex seal to break. It's possible.
I have no way of knowing with out looking at the tune on the AP.

There is another item that could have caused this too. And people are going to be irritated that I mention it. The Ignition coils could have something to do with it also.
Old 08-21-2009 | 02:24 PM
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^^

Yeah, a few people have had issues with Mazsport products..
Old 08-21-2009 | 04:04 PM
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I have the maps of the Ap!
what kind of issues about the ignition solution?
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^They are crap!
Old 08-21-2009 | 05:58 PM
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sorry for you engine.
Anyway you should consider your OMP maps as well. Something that i noticed here in europe is that MANY dealers FORGOT to do the engine computer recalls.
I already had 3 rx8s fail here in italy this year just because they didn't have that reflash. Loss of power, poor lubrication and when you tear the engines down you see why...
How are your oil injection maps set? did the tuner mess up with those as well as the fuel\ignition maps?

Mazsport coils did cause problems to some users as well. Greece is in a pretty hot climate so the whole ignition system and the fuel pump are over-stressed. Same for the engine if it doesn't have the proper lubrication.

Were you premixing?

I hope this helps.

Giorgio


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