Blown Engine. Now A NEW Engine :) (w/3 vid's)

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Originally Posted by MAZDA KITTEN

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Ha ha thanks. Now I need you to order that vibrant cat back :)

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Good choice!

So this is the second person with a new engine

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Thanks :) I called my assistant service manager and he said there would be no problems if I installed it now. They know my history.

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Originally Posted by Midnight_Speed

But you don't have the Injen CAI hooked up? Or is that left out from the new engine?

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I took my car in with it lowered, cai, drl bypass & hid's, new stereo deck... and they had no issues about warranty and these parts. They only wanted to see that I had a shop install all the parts and not hacked it myself. I took in receipts to show I had the springs, hid's & cai installed properly @ a shop.

After the engine swap they hooked my cai and everything back up... no questions asked... very very helpful dealership!!!!!!

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Great to see a good outcome like this from a Dealer. We always hear the horror stories, but almost never the good stories...... besides MoT that is ;D

Patrique

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Ha ha thanks. Now I need you to order that vibrant cat back :)

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Good choice!

So this is the second person with a new engine

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Thanks :) I called my assistant service manager and he said there would be no problems if I installed it now. They know my history.

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Originally Posted by Midnight_Speed

But you don't have the Injen CAI hooked up? Or is that left out from the new engine?

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I took my car in with it lowered, cai, drl bypass & hid's, new stereo deck... and they had no issues about warranty and these parts. They only wanted to see that I had a shop install all the parts and not hacked it myself. I took in receipts to show I had the springs, hid's & cai installed properly @ a shop.

After the engine swap they hooked my cai and everything back up... no questions asked... very very helpful dealership!!!!!!

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Great to see a good outcome like this from a Dealer. We always hear the horror stories, but almost never the good stories...... besides MoT that is ;D

Patrique

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Had the vibrant installed today after my dealership said no problem and gave me the green flag. $60 to install at a local custom shop. Sounds amazing...

Wow, that was fast....... Good stuff

GO VIBRANT!

its almost like an elite club!!

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Originally Posted by bubba

GO VIBRANT!

its almost like an elite club!!

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LOL sounds nice. Loud inside the car... Not as loud as you would think outside... Getting used to it will take a bit of time...

^^ you'll love it, good choice!!

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GO VIBRANT!

its almost like an elite club!!

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LOL sounds nice.* Loud inside the car... Not as loud as you would think outside... Getting used to it will take a bit of time...

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it gets quieter after break-in, much quieter...until you add a header...then it never gets quiet! hahah

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GO VIBRANT!

its almost like an elite club!!

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LOL sounds nice. Loud inside the car... Not as loud as you would think outside... Getting used to it will take a bit of time...

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it gets quieter after break-in, much quieter...until you add a header...then it never gets quiet! hahah

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Is break-in around 2 weeks or so like I have read someplace else? or is by km's... I put on 400km yesterday alone...

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GO VIBRANT!

its almost like an elite club!!

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LOL sounds nice.* Loud inside the car... Not as loud as you would think outside... Getting used to it will take a bit of time...

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it gets quieter after break-in, much quieter...until you add a header...then it never gets quiet!* hahah

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Is break-in around 2 weeks or so like I have read someplace else?* or is by km's... I put on 400km yesterday alone...

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I guess you haven't read your manual. ;) Break-in is 1,000 kms - although they don't exactly word it that way.

he's talking about the exhaust, not the engine


not sure how many km's i put on mine when i first got it....but it was a couple days before it got noticeably quieter...and about a week before it settled into its final db level.....and the rotten egg smell was gone, haha

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he's talking about the exhaust, not the engine


not sure how many km's i put on mine when i first got it....but it was a couple days before it got noticeably quieter...and about a week before it settled into its final db level.....and the rotten egg smell was gone, haha

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Ah ok. I guessed I missed some posts there. I thought he was talking about a new engine because of the subject title. :)

your forgiven!

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GO VIBRANT!

its almost like an elite club!!

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ur not that special.. :P

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Originally Posted by Skarbro

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he's talking about the exhaust, not the engine


not sure how many km's i put on mine when i first got it....but it was a couple days before it got noticeably quieter...and about a week before it settled into its final db level.....and the rotten egg smell was gone, haha

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Ah ok.* I guessed I missed some posts there.* I thought he was talking about a new engine because of the subject title.* :)

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;) ya I meant the exhaust. ya maybe I should have posted it under a different title...

& for the smell... Ya... mmm good.

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Originally Posted by majic

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GO VIBRANT!

its almost like an elite club!!

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ur not that special.. :P

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i know, its cause im not polish, right?

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GO VIBRANT!

its almost like an elite club!!

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LOL sounds nice. Loud inside the car... Not as loud as you would think outside... Getting used to it will take a bit of time...

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it gets quieter after break-in, much quieter...until you add a header...then it never gets quiet! hahah

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You were right... I noticed it getting much quieter already... 3 days and 700km later.

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Originally Posted by MAZDA KITTEN

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Ha ha thanks.* Now I need you to order that vibrant cat back :)

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Good choice!

So this is the second person with a new engine

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from what i know our engines are shit
sad to say this on the board but my friend at work knows a tech that works at mazda and this guy has said that these motors are being replaced on a weekly basis.

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I took my car in with it lowered, cai, drl bypass & hid's, new stereo deck... and they had no issues about warranty and these parts.* They only wanted to see that I had a shop install all the parts and not hacked it myself.* I took in receipts to show I had the springs, hid's & cai installed properly @ a shop.

After the engine swap they hooked my cai and everything back up... no questions asked... very very helpful dealership!!!!!!

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hmmmmmm does that mean i could get screwed? Or do u think they would accept work orders from bmw stating that i installed all this stuff there?

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Originally Posted by my_mazda3

hmmmmmm does that mean i could get screwed? Or do u think they would accept work orders from bmw stating that i installed all this stuff there?

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I think you'd be okay... Depending on the dealership... I took mine to my local tire shop to have my cai installed. Took it to another shop to have my springs installed. Took it to lockdown to have my hid's installed. Took it to a performance muffler shop for my vibrant.

^^^ thanks
hopefully they dont hustl me on thursday when i go to get my warranty work doen lol

Just saw the vid just now. That's horrible.

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Reading TM3.ca under hta & you... it says
"6. I want to paint this car a different colour. No Problem, just remember to get a new vehicle permit within 6 days. This also applies to if you change the engine, fuel system, number of doors, number of axles or convert the body style. HTA O.Reg 628 Section 3 – Vehicle modified – fail to apply for new permit - $85.00/$110.00"

It says change the engine not replace... so it sounds like I do not have to worry about anything...

Just making sure... I have never heard of this before!

thats for something liek if your swapping in an ls1 into an rx-7

or a vr6 into whatever dub model they can fit!

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thats for something liek if your swapping in an ls1 into an rx-7

or a vr6 into whatever dub model they can fit!

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Thanks that is what I was thinking... But wanted to be sure.

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thats for something liek if your swapping in an ls1 into an rx-7

or a vr6 into whatever dub model they can fit!

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Thanks that is what I was thinking... But wanted to be sure.

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Yeah... you didn't change the engine. You just replaced all the different engine parts... all at once. ;D

So for the last week my check engine light has been on... nothing wrong yet... but I wonder what it could be now?