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    Default Turbo Seal >.<

    So after all the dramas with DP installation.. haha new issue has shown its head...
    Smoke at idle... Most definitely Turbo seal....

    First thing I did was go to Mazda... To find my warranty expired end of July....

    Mazda appears to be doing the right thing and has said they are going to put through a prior request... and see how it goes... can only cross my fingers and hope.... all goes through under warranty...

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    Geez, nothings going your way mate!

    I really hope some luck swings your way with Mazda.

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    Epic bad luck mate.

    IFf mazda aren't playing ball and replacing your turbo under warranty, you might consider one of these:

    BNR Supercars - Bryan Nickell&#039;s Rotary Supercars - Mazdaspeed3/Mazdaspeed6/CX7

    They are in the US so you'll need to factor in exchange rates and shipping, but by all reports these are a great upgrade to our cars!

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    Same thing happened to me a few months after I got mine, so I feel your pain.
    Though my Mazda wasn't even going to consider putting mine under warranty, so nice work on getting them to offer that!

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    Is there anyway to tell if your turbo is on the way out? I only ask cause my warranty is up in about a month or so

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    Put a DP on and let it idle for 30 mins :P

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    Zed,

    What path did you take, BNR?? and what were the costs involved... just preping myself for the worst....

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    Aftermarket GT2860R internals fitted into the stock turbo housing (because of the odd shaped flanges) - stupidly got it installed through Mazda though so it was riddiculously expensive and took far too long to install *cough* $4k *cough*

    If you were to replace your tubo though, I would suggest getting something bigger.. Im not a mechanical person at all but the 2876 or the k04 mentioned above seem to be good upgrades. But def do your research first.

    The mazda guys also offered (after I asked them) a refurb/rebuild for alot cheaper.

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    GOOD NEWS ~!!!.... its time... to... party.... Woot~! Under WARRANTY~!!! so much relieved now~!!

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    Congrats mate...u should buy a lotto ticket!

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    Yeah for sure... Nice work

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    Great to hear, well done to you & to Mazda for being fairdinkum !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Thats awesome, well done.
    Thats a big $$$$ saving for you.

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    Thanks guys....~! TGIF haha.. makes the money spent on the exhaust worthit... haha
    Have a good weekend all

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    lucky you for warranty job! could you elaborate the details of your car, mods, km, year?

    I've got a 08 model and deciding if I should get a dump soon so I can run the car with it while its still under warranty lol

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    Lup15 my car is July 07 lol its done quite a few kms 94,000 km... ( allot of work use)
    has SRI and TIP installed at about 50,000km and recently installed Best mufflers DP.

    I do believe from what I have read turbo seal tend to go at 100,000kms but.. the recently installed DPer hastend the inevitable. Probably a good thing to some extent. would have been to far out of warranty to calim it.

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    so if your're seals are gone its time for a new turbo?THnaks

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    ^ yep

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    My car has 150K kms...and no turbo seal problems here...

    I must be doing something wrong

    Happy Motoring
    duglet

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    Quote Originally Posted by duglet View Post
    My car has 150K kms...and no turbo seal problems here...

    I must be doing something wrong

    Happy Motoring
    duglet
    You're supposed to be using the big peddal on the right!

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