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Update: I tried siphoning the gas with a pump. There is definitely and anti-siphon device of some type in the tank. The regular and small sized tube were not able to get into the tank. I decided to just top it off as my local mechanic suggested. I just fill it up with premium and some HEET...

Any thoughts on using products like Sea Foam and HEET in the gas tank and just burning out the remaining bad gas?

Another question, has anyone installed a silencer in their exhaust? Does any particular one fit/what is the impact of the silencer?

What I've heard is switching to synthetic on an older engine will only make it worse. Not a chemical engineer, but anecdotally I've heard that synthetic generally has stronger detergents and slightly smaller molecules. This will cause two problems: the stronger detergent will clean out some...

Question about the sound levels, does anyone have both a header and this catback exhaust? I perused through the thread but couldn't find anything definitive. If someone does have both my questions are: How loud is the car both normal city driving and on the highway inside and outside?

I think the safest way to get the fuel out is to try to siphon it out of the tank. Another random question, where is the best place to buy some misc oem parts? I know I need to replace some of the bolts and flanges in the exhaust system (they snapped). I found some online at a mazda parts store...

One other concern with this, if the fuel is old, is there any concern with gumming up the fuel system/filter by doing this?

This is an interesting technique, does the pump require the engine to actually be cranking in order for it to pump the fuel or just in the accessory position?

Yea, I am definitely going to completely drain the gas. I'm not sure what to do with 9 gallons of bad gas though.... Any tips on how (siphon vs plug) and what kinda container to put it in? Should I consider a new fuel filter as well?

Damn, I totally misread this thread, I thought he was talking about new engine mount bushings. By all means, bushings the best for shift kits. derp.

I had a pair of bushings for about a year, they make a huge difference when it comes to the engine kicking around and make shifting much crisper, but they make your general quality of life while driving much poorer. Inside the cabin, it gets really noisy, particularly at idle. If you have change...

I've tried to charge the battery in the past (I've got a trickle/maintenance charger) and no luck. I think the tank is about 3/4 full, thats going to be tough to drain... any tips on that? (how important is it to drain the fuel? is there something I can use to treat it instead?)

It's been a long time since I've been on, just getting my p5 back to roadworthyness... Due to some extenuating circumstances, it's been garaged for a little over 1.5 years without any real proper preparation. It's got about 50k miles on it. Obviously I'll need to get a new battery, but is there...

Also, I haven't tried starting the car since, I'm afraid to do any damage to the engine...

I have a 03 p5 with about 40k miles on it. I was driving yesterday and had the engine die on me. When I started it back up I heard a snap and then a clicking sound. I revved it a little and the clicking speed increased relative to the speed of the engine. The sound is coming from right under...

if you think its bad with just the front mount, wait till you get the rear one in, it will be a tearing sound, really loud and lots of vibrations (it made me remove my rear mount) and i donno about the damage, it won't damage any of the engine only possibly the other mounts or mounting points...

yea, but if its a tie then bush will win (republican majority in congress)

yay im the winner! i'll take my $10,000 prize in cash or check

yea

Na thats normal for an automatic