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In mild temps the car was not cooling as well as it should; so, I went to the auto parts store and got a recharge can with built in gauge from a major mfg (AC (NOT) Pro). After 7+ years (car purchased summer 2006) this seemed reasonable. So, when I started this saga I followed the advice of my...

Update The dealership tells me it's not the head gasket. Instead they say that there was too much oil in the engine and that caused the engine to smoke. To be sure the head gasket was not damaged, I asked them to perform a compression test and to pressure test the coolant and oil systems...

Woops, posted in wrong section. It's not a Speed 3. Re-posted in the correct section for a regular 3.

I have a 2007 Hatch with the 2.3 engine. Driving up the hill near my place, I heard a pop sound, felt a loss of power, looked in my rear view to make sure noone was close and saw tons of white smoke. Being about 1 block from home I turned around and parked it. Definitely white smoke from the...

Not sure what, but something really bad went wrong with our Mazda3 yesterday. We had just loaded up to go to a B-Day party and were going up a moderately steep hill about one block from our place, and there was a popping sound. The car seemed to lose some power and when I looked in the rear...