300 for alternator 100 for install.Quote:
Originally Posted by SomeGuy
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300 for alternator 100 for install.Quote:
Originally Posted by SomeGuy
Who did the install and did you buy from dealer?
I'll give you a call later
Read 11 volts. Then jumpstarted and read 12 volts but wasn't enough to run the car for long. Managed to get a friend to help me push it off the road and its parked on a side street
Sounds like a straight forward install
Car will be towed to Street Performance
CAA tow truck couldn't tow it. Waiting for CAA flatbed...
Shitty.
Car started no issues this morning, but made the duck noise. Super trippy WTF and lol all at once.
lmao... I love when people new to MS3's post videos of that on MSF and wonder wtf it is.
I have seen a couple with all this cold weather... makes me lol.
Apparently. It's the heater motor that makes that makes that noise. It happened to me yesterday and that's what a mechanic told me at workQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr Wilson
Need ms3 duck call thread. Lol my duck was angry this morning
Haha Angry Birds...Quote:
Originally Posted by Thrizzl3
My car won't start today at all. It sounds like it's choking at start up. Battery is good it has power. Any suggestions as to what may be "frozen" would be great.
maybe the -1000 weather. No ones car starts in this weather, no ones, ever, in the history of cold weather, just wait until it warms up
You might want to invest in a block heater lol... and did you try holding the gas pedal slightly down on start up?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikey32235
My car almost didn't start after sitting out in the parking lot all day in this cold when I was at work.
No problems starting today...we would have weather like this or colder for weeks on end in northern ontario, was rarely a problem.
Good to know, my car cranked 3 times and on the last one all the lights were starting to dim on my dash. Is that normal for you this kinda cold? @SomeGuyQuote:
Originally Posted by SomeGuy
my car sits in the cold on my driveway for over 12 hrs a day and it starts fine...may be get your battery checked out
Up north on the old 3 yes the dash lights would dim while trying to turn it over. Down here, hasn't happened yet (hasn't been cold enough). To give yourself a better chance to start, turn everything off when you park the car (heater, radio, headlights, seats, etc). Also turn the car on, without starting it, for a few seconds before cranking to give everything a chance to start up off load.Quote:
Originally Posted by pwdunmore
^+1 I made sure I turned off seat heater, fan, and headlights if it's really cold outside. Mine started no problem, whined for about half a second and she started right up. No dim at the dash too.
yeah i am definately going to get one lol @pwdunmore no luck getting it started today. i got it to fire up once and it was misfiring like crazy. as soon as i let go of the gas it died and i havent gotten it to start. gonna pick up some quick start and see if that helps. i tried to push my car in the garage yesterday but my driveway has too much of a slope.
Your car is scrap metal, you just don't know it yet.
Let me know when you're ready to part it out, I need a few things if they are still good.
cool. will do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snotrocket
$430 + tax for block heater installed in gen2 MS3 as quoted by local Mazda dealer...apparently $300 of that is labour since they are labour intensive to install.Quote:
Originally Posted by pwdunmore
No one in the gta needs a f****ing block heater
Holy shit
Just buy an ap...set the boost to 30 psi. Set your timing to 30 degrees at redline. Go for a rip. Tow your car home and stick candles in the hole in your block. Problem solved
LMAO...angry much?
Block heater is definitely not needed down here.
LOL...even in Alberta my parents dont have a block heater and they park their cars outside. Definitely not needed in ON
#dead LMAOQuote:
Originally Posted by loki
Get a odyssey instead. Lots of cca and nice reserve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bully Dog Racing
If I were driving a built(forged) engine in the winter I would get a block heater as precaution.
Cold starts are tough on an engines as and with clearances changing with a built(forged) engine why would you risk something by making the oil viscous in the sub freezing temperatures.
No one normally needs a block heater with the mild winters we normally have but climate changes. You're ignorant to think it wouldn't help your engine and if you have the ability to install it yourself it's worth the investment. I park in a garage so I don't need one but if I have a forged engine and was parking outside I would install one.
Bunch of damn sheep around here...
baaaah!Quote:
Originally Posted by pwdunmore
hugs and kisses,
Ignorant Sheep
you also need somewhere to plug in your block heater
Outdoor extension cord, electricity works through one of those right?
Not everyone who parks outdoors have access to an outlet. This isn't the north west where outlets are available in public parking lotsQuote:
Originally Posted by pwdunmore
I'm talking about parking at his house...
don't talk to me as if I am stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by pwdunmore
You sounded like you didn't know what to plug the block heater into to get it power. Plus I am tired of you guys poking at mikey and clearly you have nothing constructive to add but if it's anyone else it's a completely different story. I don't expect people to know what I do and I don't expect to know everything you do...
Why don't you turn up the boost and timing on your BT and blow your stock bottom end so you can rebuild it, that would solve your problem right?
Nope it won't solve my problem
But of course I know that
I'm surprised @MajesticBlueNTO is still around?