Give them a shot, worth a try worst case would be No.
There ya go, straight from a man that has had his already replaced under warranty Fingers crossed for ya m8 . .
I just had my seals die on me too, and we think that it has to go with the low pressure dp which I think Doug mentioned earlier. The stock turbo seals just aren't up to the mod. White smoke at idle after a few minutes and a little bit of loss of performance too... And mazda do not like exhaust mods so generally voids your warranty for that.
I should have taken it to allstar or something, but I just took it back to mazda. They are going to send it down to Mr Turbo on the Goldy to fit a Garrett 2860 into original housing. Same size turbo but it is ball bearing so it should give me a earlier boost.
Mine is only at 37000 kms, so a bit disappointing it went so early - especially considering I have only driven it for about 5000 of those :-p
Far out, I think Mazda need to address this. . .
^^ They have, they replace the whole turbo.
I am pretty sure there is a Mazda bulletin on it.?
Ah what a shame... I dont think the TBE is responsible for this. There are plenty of MPS's blowing turbos with stock exhausts. Its just the luck of the draw mate.
So you bought the MPS with 32,000km on it? When I sold it, it only had 23-24,000km on it... Sounds like Subaru used it as a daily??
"THE PATH OF THE GTI-R IS BESET WITH PERIL BY THE INJUSTICES OF THE SPEED CAMERA AND THE TYRANNY OF OTHER DRIVERS. BLESSED IS HE WHO OVERTAKES THE EVO & STI THROUGH THE VALLEY OF HAIRPIN TURNS, FOR HE IS TRULY HIS CAR'S TUNER AND THE FINDER OF LOST HORSEPOWER. . . AND WE SHALT STRIKE DOWN WITH GREAT BOOST AND FURIOUS ACCELERATION ON WHOEVER DOTH ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT OR DELAY OUR OVERTAKING. . .BMW M3 Evo Coming to the R stable soon. . .
There's a dedicated thread already on the forum about the smoking turbo seals issue, includes Mazda TSB details etc.
http://www.ozmpsclub.com/forum/tech-...rbo-seals.html
I'm a member of the club, mine was replaced at 30000km
thanks heaps for all the help every1, now to just book my baby in......
Just to clarify things my turbo started smoking at 30k CP-E dump pipe was only fitted at 60klm's instantly 3 times the amount of smoke ,dump pipe only exposes the problem it doesn't cause it madaz was stock when it started to smoke CONCLUSION more efficiant exhaust /cat more white smoke MAZDA AUST replaced the turbo under warranty
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"THE PATH OF THE GTI-R IS BESET WITH PERIL BY THE INJUSTICES OF THE SPEED CAMERA AND THE TYRANNY OF OTHER DRIVERS. BLESSED IS HE WHO OVERTAKES THE EVO & STI THROUGH THE VALLEY OF HAIRPIN TURNS, FOR HE IS TRULY HIS CAR'S TUNER AND THE FINDER OF LOST HORSEPOWER. . . AND WE SHALT STRIKE DOWN WITH GREAT BOOST AND FURIOUS ACCELERATION ON WHOEVER DOTH ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT OR DELAY OUR OVERTAKING. . .BMW M3 Evo Coming to the R stable soon. . .
ok ppls! put my car in for a service yesterday and told them what it was doing in regards to the smoke...
they'v got a new turbo on order for me, it should be a week then they'll fit it under warranty
they also said my water pump was leaking or somethin so they replaced that on the spot
my car has done 56 000km and only blows white smoke on hard acceleration as pointed out by some mates and even random ppl, it has a full TBE, CAI and BOV and they'r fixing my turbo under warranty... i am extremely pleased with "Parkland Mazda's" service
mine is an 07 model and they said it came within the VIN range for a turbo replacement so if any1 has any probs jus check with your local mazda servicing dept.
--- CPe DP + Custom 3" Stainless CBE --- Turbo Timer --- CPe CAI --- Turbo XS BPV --- CPe 75 Duro Rear Engine Mount --- 2XS SSP ---
Great news Carl and good on them for replacing your turbo and not worrying about the mods I'm tempted to go to Parkland for my servicing (as it's closer to home). Have heard some good things about their service dept, though my warranty expires in 1 month so will take back to Wood Bros for the next service.
R36 - Just like an MPS6 except with a growly V6
Awesome news there m8 ! ! !
--- CPe DP + Custom 3" Stainless CBE --- Turbo Timer --- CPe CAI --- Turbo XS BPV --- CPe 75 Duro Rear Engine Mount --- 2XS SSP ---
"THE PATH OF THE GTI-R IS BESET WITH PERIL BY THE INJUSTICES OF THE SPEED CAMERA AND THE TYRANNY OF OTHER DRIVERS. BLESSED IS HE WHO OVERTAKES THE EVO & STI THROUGH THE VALLEY OF HAIRPIN TURNS, FOR HE IS TRULY HIS CAR'S TUNER AND THE FINDER OF LOST HORSEPOWER. . . AND WE SHALT STRIKE DOWN WITH GREAT BOOST AND FURIOUS ACCELERATION ON WHOEVER DOTH ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT OR DELAY OUR OVERTAKING. . .BMW M3 Evo Coming to the R stable soon. . .
Has anyone had Mazda replace their turbo outside of warranty, for the white smoke issue?
On Thursday the dealership told me incorrectly (system had wrong VIN) that my car was still under warranty and that they would replace the turbo. I gave them a call today and they said that they made a mistake and my car was about 10 months out (which was what I thought). They are talking to Mazda trying to get the turbo replaced outside of warranty. For now I'm just "holding tight", however I'd like to gather some ammunition if I need to talk to Mazda directly.
My car has done 81000km, full logbook service.