Recent content by FourMazdas

Sorry I'm late on this but I had to weigh in. I would avoid the Purolator Pure One, they pack so much media into the can that the pleats swell together and disappear so the media becomes a cylindrical mass. This raises the differential pressure across the filter and causes the bypass to open...

Winter blend gas is defined by government regulations. The gas has to have a lower flash point so it will vaporize better, thus the refiner's add butane or other light hydrocarbon including ethanol to the gasoline blend. These liquid components have a lower heating value meaning less energy...

The wife drives it daily but only for a week thus far and says the leather is softer. I went out and checked and it is definitely softer but does not appear to be any heavier. One thing for sure, it is built tighter and the quality is a touch better. We really liked the 08 and it was a quality...

Here's a side by side comparison of my 08 GT AWD 32,000 miles which was traded in or a new 10 GT AWD. I wasn't overwhelmed by the revised front but this 10 has some nice upgrades over the 08 like in-dash GPS, rear view camera, new sand and black interior and best of all bigger brakes. I also...

Mine is also running 205/50/16 with Toyo Proxes4's. They work good but the speedo reads about 2 mph slow due to the larger diameter.

I was going to purchase the AWR sway bar and trailing arms which they currently have on special. Anyone got experience with them other than mspeedp5?

Squealing belts came up a few months ago, it turned out that everyone who responded with squealing problems also had replaced their belts with Goodyear Gatorback belts. It may be a coincidence but that is what happened to some of us. I still have the Goodyear belts on and sometimes they will...

I got my first at 18 which was a one year old 71 Mercury Capri 1600. Now i'm old and grey an have a MS3, CX-9, Protege 5 and a B2200.

My 08 CX9 fuel gauge acts similar to yours and matter of fact my MS3 does also but maybe not that bad.

Same problem here with 02 Protege5. Hawk pads do not fit, the installed pads were completely different. The strange thing is that they overhang the rotor OD like a larger diameter rotor is required. Any info on correct pads and rotor diameter would be helpfull.

I bought mine from Rockauto going with the Gates 34014. The box it comes in also has a Madza part number on it. It fits and works perfectly. It is 180F.

What you are describing is close to the hybrid design of the Scuderi Split Cycle Engine. Read about it here http://www.scuderigroup.com/assets/Documents/Scuderi-Engine-How-It-Works.pdf

What everyone worries about in turbo engines is the heat and the coking of the oil due to this heat. I do not have experience with that yet and do have concerns, but I will say that from experience the all HC based oils will coke. We have to remember that Group 3 oils also came out of the...

Just want to offer a few items to consider when choosing an oil. There is a lot of hype out there concerning synthetics, but there are also some very high quality conventional Group 2 oils available that would work great in your FSDE engine. Shell Rotella, Chevron Supreme and Texaco Havoline...