majic
09-13-2006, 12:09 PM
for the past 2-3 days my car has been experiencing severe delay with the throttle response and upon finally responding it would jerk the entire car as if i was a n00b stick driver.. (picture broli having a seizure.. see not a pretty picture even before the seizure).. constant RPMs seemed ok, as long as i didn\'t accelerate or change gears but that\'s kind of unavoidable..
at first i thought \"ok it\'ll go away\" like i hoped broli would but alas that didn\'t work.. wishful thinking eh? next day i got a CEL and then it dissapeared.. there was no rhyme or reason to this, it would happen on a cold engine, on a warm engine, after some driving, it would go away, come back..
first thing i called my personal service assistant, MajesticBlueN :thup and he said \"have you cleaned your MAF?\" saaay whaaaaa.. no.. so he advised to buy some electric contact cleaner from CTC and follow these instructions over at mazda6tech (http://www.mazda6tech.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemi d=1).. i bought the cleaner but ran out of hours in the day and the CEL went off so i put it off one day.. what a ****ing mistake.. next day (yesterday) I was blessed with a stop\'n go traffic (worse than any other day) and by the end of my drive to work ~ 50km i was ready to drive through a concrete wall.. i felt bad for the car and i was just aggrevating myself..
a day earlier, i found out Mr Transmission pulls the ECU codes for you for free and gives you a free estimate and tells you what is wrong.. having a horrible experience last time i had a CEL (when i put my V2 intake, Oakville Mazda they told me it would take an hour to pull the codes :omg and that it\'s 10min to closing so i should make an appointment) i decided to call Mr Tranny..
me: i\'d like you to check out what;s causing my CEL
Mr T: what car?
me: 2005 mazda3 GT
Mr T: what year?
me: *ummm* 05
Mr T: Take it to a dealer
me: *thinking what if i\'m out of warranty anyway* I\'m not near one (lie)
Mr T: how many kms?
me: 60K
Mr T: ok well.. i\'ll have to book you in
me: *hang up*
why can\'t i just ****ing drop in? it doesn\'t take an HOUR to pull a code!!!
since i was right next to Downtown Mazda, I gave them a call (sorry Joe/Jeff, just wanted to get it done ASAP) the service advisor lady said.. \"oooh you\'ll have to book an appointment\" you mean i can\'t do it on the spot?? \"no.. it takes about an hour\" :jerkit
i figured, if i have to make an appointment i\'ll do it right and call Joe :) but before amking an appointment i messaged MBN.. luckily he was in the area and had his CAN BUS reader/PDA thingie and pulled 2 codes P0102 and P0113 i think.. btw, pulling codes took about 40seconds :thup (1hr my ass :sarc ugh) one was temp sensor input high and the other MAF sensor input low (something to that effect).. my face lit up.. it could have been worse.. i went home and followed the MAF cleaning steps as per the link above.. the temp sensor, normally amber, was the same colour as the plastic - BLACK.. few sprays with the ECC and it was clean.. i let it dry overnight and now about 50km jerk free and car feels MUCH more responsive!!! so far no cell and all is well *knock on broli\'s head*
at first i thought \"ok it\'ll go away\" like i hoped broli would but alas that didn\'t work.. wishful thinking eh? next day i got a CEL and then it dissapeared.. there was no rhyme or reason to this, it would happen on a cold engine, on a warm engine, after some driving, it would go away, come back..
first thing i called my personal service assistant, MajesticBlueN :thup and he said \"have you cleaned your MAF?\" saaay whaaaaa.. no.. so he advised to buy some electric contact cleaner from CTC and follow these instructions over at mazda6tech (http://www.mazda6tech.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemi d=1).. i bought the cleaner but ran out of hours in the day and the CEL went off so i put it off one day.. what a ****ing mistake.. next day (yesterday) I was blessed with a stop\'n go traffic (worse than any other day) and by the end of my drive to work ~ 50km i was ready to drive through a concrete wall.. i felt bad for the car and i was just aggrevating myself..
a day earlier, i found out Mr Transmission pulls the ECU codes for you for free and gives you a free estimate and tells you what is wrong.. having a horrible experience last time i had a CEL (when i put my V2 intake, Oakville Mazda they told me it would take an hour to pull the codes :omg and that it\'s 10min to closing so i should make an appointment) i decided to call Mr Tranny..
me: i\'d like you to check out what;s causing my CEL
Mr T: what car?
me: 2005 mazda3 GT
Mr T: what year?
me: *ummm* 05
Mr T: Take it to a dealer
me: *thinking what if i\'m out of warranty anyway* I\'m not near one (lie)
Mr T: how many kms?
me: 60K
Mr T: ok well.. i\'ll have to book you in
me: *hang up*
why can\'t i just ****ing drop in? it doesn\'t take an HOUR to pull a code!!!
since i was right next to Downtown Mazda, I gave them a call (sorry Joe/Jeff, just wanted to get it done ASAP) the service advisor lady said.. \"oooh you\'ll have to book an appointment\" you mean i can\'t do it on the spot?? \"no.. it takes about an hour\" :jerkit
i figured, if i have to make an appointment i\'ll do it right and call Joe :) but before amking an appointment i messaged MBN.. luckily he was in the area and had his CAN BUS reader/PDA thingie and pulled 2 codes P0102 and P0113 i think.. btw, pulling codes took about 40seconds :thup (1hr my ass :sarc ugh) one was temp sensor input high and the other MAF sensor input low (something to that effect).. my face lit up.. it could have been worse.. i went home and followed the MAF cleaning steps as per the link above.. the temp sensor, normally amber, was the same colour as the plastic - BLACK.. few sprays with the ECC and it was clean.. i let it dry overnight and now about 50km jerk free and car feels MUCH more responsive!!! so far no cell and all is well *knock on broli\'s head*