Raider's Neverending love/hate with Christine

Discussion in 'Mazdaspeed 3 General Discussion' started by Raider, Jun 19, 2019.

Watchers:
32 users.
  1. Easter Bunny

    Easter Bunny Professional Engineer Motorhead Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2016
    Posts:
    3,233
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Earth
    Ratings:
    +3,532 / -19
    How long has it been since she moved?
     
    Easter Bunny, via a mobile device, Apr 7, 2021
  2. Raider

    Raider Administraider Administrator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2016
    Posts:
    7,043
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Behind a Keyboard wearing full body armor
    Ratings:
    +8,147 / -12
    August 23rd 2020. 158403 miles.

    New basemap is on the AP. Got a number of logs to pull.
     
    Raider, via an iPhone, Apr 7, 2021
    • Like Like x 2
  3. Raider

    Raider Administraider Administrator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2016
    Posts:
    7,043
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Behind a Keyboard wearing full body armor
    Ratings:
    +8,147 / -12
    She's alive! No coolant leaks, just a splatter of oil on a fried o ring. Some RTV send it sauce and can drive it tomorrow. After work. If I get home on time. Worst case is Thursday.

    B313BB8C-D6E0-4AB2-9548-E4789F3C1D73.jpeg 7AFD819B-61DB-419D-A6DB-9C60E9494C2C.jpeg 4360FD8E-7226-4AF3-B022-7C88B7230F26.jpeg FB1E3940-89EB-41F1-93CF-78B76032AB09.jpeg 4C6DD598-E7E0-4FA8-8756-1F32A44DF4E6.jpeg A2A740DE-06CC-437A-B37B-D3FD73259C25.jpeg 902D285F-2383-4D9C-9A61-434F4DFBC79F.jpeg
     
    Raider, via an iPhone, Apr 11, 2021
    • Like Like x 5
  4. Awafrican

    Awafrican Moderator Gold Member

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2016
    Posts:
    3,586
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Canada
    Ratings:
    +2,851 / -11
    Awesome Sauce. I'm about to name my car Christine 2.0 as it's a gen 2 and seems to fight me at every turn just like yours lol
     
    Awafrican, via a mobile device, Apr 11, 2021
    • Like Like x 1
  5. Raider

    Raider Administraider Administrator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2016
    Posts:
    7,043
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Behind a Keyboard wearing full body armor
    Ratings:
    +8,147 / -12
    2nd fire up has 2 codes. 1 is my bad. Forgot egr delete to tuner. 2nd is concerning and we noticed this on my wiring. Confirming it's ok per wire tuck. Ugh.

    RTV takes 24 hours to send so got some work to do.

    2ABA9499-AF2E-4B0F-AD4E-81075CAB9B86.jpeg 1EF1E477-A7D6-401B-949E-49B6E54B60CF.jpeg
     
    Raider, via an iPhone, Apr 11, 2021
  6. Sho

    Sho Silver Member

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2016
    Posts:
    1,388
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Louisville, KY
    Ratings:
    +2,986 / -0
    That may be the coolant temp plug you have plugged into the ebcs. Iirc they have the same connector. Is coolant temp reading properly?
     
    Sho, via a mobile device, Apr 11, 2021
  7. Raider

    Raider Administraider Administrator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2016
    Posts:
    7,043
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Behind a Keyboard wearing full body armor
    Ratings:
    +8,147 / -12
    It's a user error. I connected up properly I just needed to spend a few minutes. Ecbs connection is not totally grabbing. I'm sure the Christine side is just being a little evil.

    8ABD92AC-1C01-43EC-8681-CBB9546C5AAF.jpeg 5B696B41-39DD-437F-B868-DF854EEC3A5A.jpeg
     
    Raider, via an iPhone, Apr 11, 2021
    • Like Like x 1
  8. Easter Bunny

    Easter Bunny Professional Engineer Motorhead Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2016
    Posts:
    3,233
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Earth
    Ratings:
    +3,532 / -19
    Pu-tine?
     
    Easter Bunny, via a mobile device, Apr 11, 2021
    • Like Like x 5
  9. Raider

    Raider Administraider Administrator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2016
    Posts:
    7,043
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Behind a Keyboard wearing full body armor
    Ratings:
    +8,147 / -12
    Upon further review, the fail is big. The damn thing is simply too high. Now to figure out if I can press it down or if it's a bigger failure.

    781AAEDE-2882-49B8-BFC6-38CDBB3A1CD5.jpeg 1844E93B-A431-465C-9F75-34BBC5F4B15C.jpeg
     
    Raider, via an iPhone, Apr 11, 2021
  10. Sho

    Sho Silver Member

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2016
    Posts:
    1,388
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Louisville, KY
    Ratings:
    +2,986 / -0
    The oil control valve bolts to the head. Near thr vvt actuator. You should not be able to push it down

    Your seal shouldnt be that flush with the valve cover tho. Its supposed to stick up further.
    Upon further review it looks like maybe the seal is in upside down on yours @Raider
    Screenshot_20210411-231310.png
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Apr 11, 2021
    Sho, via a mobile device, Apr 11, 2021
    • Like Like x 1
  11. Raider

    Raider Administraider Administrator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2016
    Posts:
    7,043
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Behind a Keyboard wearing full body armor
    Ratings:
    +8,147 / -12
    I was comparing others and many are low. So I'm glad that is confirmed. Sadly cover gotta come off and new seal installed from underneath. I wish there was a super fast RTV I could use to drive it sooner than 24 hours tho. I'll be swapping the seal Thursday, then driving Sunday, logging for Will. So. Damn. Close.
     
    Raider, via an iPhone, Apr 12, 2021
  12. SharksInSpace

    SharksInSpace Planets and shit. Silver Member

    Joined:
    Apr 5, 2016
    Posts:
    1,739
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Middle Coast
    Ratings:
    +2,149 / -14
    You shouldn't need RTV once the seal is flipped properly. Send ittttttttt.
     
  13. Mauro_Penguin

    Mauro_Penguin Punk in Drublic. #BlackLivesMatter Motorhead Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Feb 10, 2016
    Posts:
    1,333
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Palm Beach County, FL
    Ratings:
    +1,670 / -2
    The top lip of that VVT solenoid probably tore off from age.

    @Raider stop wasting RTV and just change the damn thing.

    This engine does not like RTV bandaids when a seal needs replacing.
     
    Mauro_Penguin, via a mobile device, Apr 12, 2021
    • Like Like x 3
  14. JohnnyTightlips

    JohnnyTightlips Motorhead Silver Member

    Joined:
    May 12, 2016
    Posts:
    1,556
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Iowa
    Ratings:
    +2,452 / -3
    I recently installed the AP valve cover kit and it was a total mess. I hope yours went more smoothly. I had a replacement felpro gasket and it must be thicker than OEM because it was a 1 hour process to get the metal spacers into the gasket and get the gasket back into the valve cover seated properly. I also cut up the new gasket on the exhaust cam end that sticks up a little as you pivot it over there. If I was to do it again I would skip the felpro and go with a mahle gasket as it is more OEM. I might end up having to redo it anyways if it leaks. I will update my thread with pics. Did you do the 5ft lbs? That was like NOTHING to tq them to and the valve cover barely was seated at all so so maybe you need to tq it down a little more for the EGR.
     
  15. Easter Bunny

    Easter Bunny Professional Engineer Motorhead Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2016
    Posts:
    3,233
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Earth
    Ratings:
    +3,532 / -19
    Amen just fix it correctly
     
    Easter Bunny, via a mobile device, Apr 12, 2021
  16. Raider

    Raider Administraider Administrator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2016
    Posts:
    7,043
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Behind a Keyboard wearing full body armor
    Ratings:
    +8,147 / -12
    Seal arrives tomorrow, so that is that.
     
    Raider, via an iPhone, Apr 12, 2021
  17. Raider

    Raider Administraider Administrator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2016
    Posts:
    7,043
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Behind a Keyboard wearing full body armor
    Ratings:
    +8,147 / -12
    Fine. I'll swap it Thursday. Hopefully Sunday I'll be good to go and can move onto tuning.
    264D1001-A57A-443B-AD00-79599318EB54.jpeg
     
    Raider, via an iPhone, Apr 13, 2021
    • Like Like x 2
  18. neganox

    neganox Feline Führer Moderator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Feb 9, 2016
    Posts:
    1,100
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    St Johns, FL
    Ratings:
    +2,090 / -5
    Nice dick.

    ring. dickring.
     
    • Like Like x 4
  19. Raider

    Raider Administraider Administrator Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2016
    Posts:
    7,043
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Behind a Keyboard wearing full body armor
    Ratings:
    +8,147 / -12
    Yeah. It's 100x too large.
     
    Raider, via an iPhone, Apr 13, 2021
    • Like Like x 1
  20. Easter Bunny

    Easter Bunny Professional Engineer Motorhead Platinum Member

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2016
    Posts:
    3,233
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Earth
    Ratings:
    +3,532 / -19
    Damn son made in Japan 100x too big?
     
    Easter Bunny, via a mobile device, Apr 13, 2021
    • Like Like x 1
Loading...

Share This Page

Users Viewing Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 0)