Watching this, with both laying side by side- brought back a funny-but-not-so-funny memory: guy was "changing" turbo (not upgrade) and after a few beers and shots with his "Garage Buddies" ended up stupidly re installing the *same* seized unit again.
Joseph Gross I don’t understand how people don’t know how to change a tire. I knew how before I ever saw anyone do it, common sense really. If you know how to screw a bottle cap on and of you can change a tire.
Wow, that was one of the best how-to videos I've seen in a long time! I'm very impressed by the high quality video shots, and the rigorous documentation of all torque values and tools used. I really liked the reassembly montage as well. Amazing (scary) keeping track off all the parts, hoses, connectors it takes to access the turbo.
Wow. That is quite an involved strip down for the turbo replacement. Gives me an idea of what's involved should the Audi go bad. Thanks for the super helpful and detailed video!
Yes great video and well done to you for doing this job. One question. I have been working on cars / vans / HGV's since the 1970's and in all my years I have Never worked on a car and not ever gotten away without getting covered in... yuk, oil, crud. You say the turbo sized but dam... that is the cleanest turbo and cars engine bay i have ever seen. Keep up the good work.
Get a decent paint brush and brush down your motor when you change your oil and wipe it down afterwards. Neglecting to clean your motor can cause other problems with rust etc.
@@holdshiftt2run308 ikr.. The 'car repair guys' videos r a bit more realistic when it comes to filth and grunge with Mazda. I think that's the name of the channel.... You'll know when the speaker sounds like a cross between Jean Claude Van Damme and Kermit the Frog
@@TSloanorthologisticslab i doubt that cleaning your engine of oil will protect your engine from rust, i think its a contrary result, washing it a lot will get it rusted
Wow, good on you for replacing your own turbo! On the only turbocharged car I had (Shelby GLHS) it was easier to remove the head and exhaust manifold/turbo assembly together as a unit, and it was a PITA, as you can imagine. I can't get over how clean the engine bay is in your car too. I wish I could keep mine that clean. Great vid!
Did you remove the plastic shroud thing over the intercooler to improve air flow? Any noticeable increase to power or efficiency from doing that? Thought about doing that to my MS3.
Don't, that plastic shroud is important for proper airflow and cooling of the intercooler. If you remove it, you will for sure see higher boost air temperatures and reduce the effectiveness of the cars cooling system. The shroud has two important features first it creates a funnel for air to flow through the cooling channels of the intercooler and second it regulates air pressure over the intercooler and around the engine bay. In order for air to flow through something there needs to be an area of high pressure on one side and low pressure on the other. If both sides are equal or close in pressure you will see little to no airflow. This is what happens when you remove that shroud, you allow more air to flow around the intercooler which will end up pressurizing the engine bay and stopping air flow for not only the intercooler but the radiator as well. It's been tested may times on this car and the results of removing the shroud always equated to worse cooling performance. We actually do have a shroud; but it’s different because we run an aftermarket intercooler.
everythingdiy oh, ok. I was curious about that being a possibility too. Thanks for the response!! Great Vids by the way! I'm a commercial electrician and work with my hands daily but working on cars has always worried me, excluding the "simple stuff", i.e, oil change, filters and such. But now I'm pretty confident I can do a lot more. So thanks for the Great videos! Subscribed!! I've only just started watching but do you work exclusively on the MS3? I have a 2012 "base" model. No Nav,HID or any extras. All Stock too, but I've recently put Hawk Pads and Centric Cyro-reated rotors. Nothing special, really.
Another quick question....if you have car lifter to rise the car....will it be easier to do the work from the chassis compare to doing it from the top???
So after i finished installation i started it up and immediately began to hear intermittent squeaking with a rough vibration and shortly after some smoke began to rise from the engine. Any ideas why this is happening???
Excellent video, using this video I was trying to replace the turbo in a Mazda CX7, I bougth a new turbo in Ebay, i did all the upper disassembly but when I lift the car and I try to start the lower dismantling my surprise was that the access to the turbo was impossible, I guess the 4x4 transmission is bigger that the Mazdaspeed3, so in a CX7 it's necessary to take out the engine to replace the turbo :(
How did you know your turbo was messed up? I don’t have a boost gauge but I’ve felt a loss in power recently and I think my turbo is messed up as well. It still kicks on but it sounds really weak and it sounds different all of a sudden. Any advice would help! I just don’t want to replace the turbo if I don’t have to, thanks!
Great video. I found it looking for any help I could find with replacing the turbo in my 2008 CX-7 which failed yesterday. With our cars both being Mazda's do you think the procedure is pretty similar? Also, did you use a maintenance manual and if so which one? Also, about how long did it take to do the work?
Do you know? I find watching these videos on cars is much more informative and much easier to understand! Plus the presenter is good on the eye also, bonus.
Awesome video! I'm in the process of doing exhaust manifold because I have a leak, not sure if it's the manifold gasket or the manifold itself but those 4 bolts from the manifold to the turbo were loose, i tightened them and it's not as bad as before but still there and I can still notice it. They were easy to get off and here you are saying they're super tight. Then when I went to torque them down 45-50 ft-lb, I was scared I was going to snap them so I'm not sure if its that that's loose and thats why I have a leak or if it actually is the manifold/gasket. Any advice/input on this would be great! I love watch your guy's videos, always super informative and easy to follow!
Love my BNR S3. 385/380 @ the wheels when on the E28 tune, in good weather. And it's still very responsive. Actually, the lack of K04 "insta-spool" helps get the power down even better as well. S3 is just about perfect for stock block, IMHO. S4 or bigger if you're going to build, for sure.
+Numinous Impressive numbers, looking forward to an S3. And yes the instant spool of the K04 can make driving a bit scary sometimes. One second your just having a good time then suddenly your torque steering towards a wall.
I just blew up the turbo in my Hyundai i30 Diesel, and halfway through getting the old one out, I thought I should go check a youtube video, as it seemed so hard, and difficult to get to. But after watching this video, mine is just a walk in the park! I think I should just get back to it and stop whingeing, and maybe look for a new girlfriend! Well done girl, a great video, and you've put me back on track!
great video, I’ve owned my mazdaspeed6 for a couple weeks now, stock ko4 has seen better days and is smoking on most starts and cool downs, I am swapping a bnr s3 way quicker than I imagined. I haven’t been able to find any helpful videos in the mazdaspeed platform and this was by far the best. kudos to you for being a girl and owning a speed👍🏻
This was a huge help. I just ordered a new turbo and DP b/c my stock K04 (for an '07) is smoking and burning a ton of oil. Would love to save $1500 and not pay my dealer to do it.
My girlfriend drives a 10 mazdaspeed3 and I drive a 07 mazdaspeed6. She pushed her speed crazy and I found this video very helpful in the future when she blow up her turbo.
+greddy1010 well, k04 turbo problems on Speed3`s are not uncommon. However, there are a lot of them, pulling strong, without any problems. Sadly, mine died on my last year, even though the car was stock. Changed mine to an BNR S1, hope this one last a lifetime ;) Good luck with your Mazdaspeed. Cheers.
Anyone here knows how to remove the header/exhaust manifold? Can't seem to get to some of the bottom bolts. I'm just trying to do it from the top and without having to unbolt it from the bottom
OMG thank you so much for this video. About how long did this take? I'll be using this video for a guide to replace my turbo here in the next few weeks, hopefully I'll have some help. Pretty sure my turbo is going out. Its been smoking under hard pulls for a while now. And I just noticed a weird noise under hard acceleration that sounds something like turbo whistle and really weird rattling sound. I'm going to do some inspecting before I jump right into replacing the turbo to make sure its the turbo and not something else like the timing chain or AC compressor, but I'm almost positive its the turbo.
What band was that playing at the end of the video? Great music! I've been learning a lot from your channel as I'm a new MS3 owner, thank you and keep up the Fantastic Work!
How does she keep her hands so clean? The moment I lift the hood on my car my hands get a bit of dirt. If I actually work on the car the I have grease and oil stains for at least a week. Seriously how does she do it. I need to know.
Aftermarket intakes with "high flow" cone filters that dont filter allows turbo dusting (even slight dusting is damaging) causing premature turbo failure in so many of these cars.
+pressrolls Which specific filters are you referring to? Dryflow? Oiled? I have an Amsoil synthetic fiber cone filter that uses nanofibers and filters particles a good deal smaller than the stock-type filters do.
That's not what causes them to go bad at all. It's a crankcase pressure problem that causes there to be too much positive pressure within the engine. The pressure wears out the turbo seals much faster and causes them to burn oil, hence the white smoke. Mazda has a TSB on it. Also not letting your car idle for at least 60 seconds after driving is not helping. The very hot turbo has a bunch of very hot oil in it after you drive. Letting the engine idle allows that oil to evacuate the turbo and cool it down rapidly, instead of sitting in the turbo and cooking.
Right, I wish that I could find cars to work on where you have someone to loosen the very tight bolts or the bolts and/or sensors which are not going to come lose. This engine is very clean, no oil residue, no real rust or oxidation on the bolts. The turbines on the speed 3s are garbage. The are under designed and run very close on the exhaust side to around 700F at operating temp. They went cheap on the exhaust side or turbine side. Maybe, they figured that the water cooling would help. Let one of these get some miles on it, go through a number of heating and cooling cycles and then I want to see a turbocharger come out of a speed 3 like this. Half the time you have to cut the body of the O2 sensor off and use a long pry bar along with a fully walled 22mm or 7/8" socket to get the O2 sensor out. You cannot use a torch to heat the mounting boss becasue of the heat shields being in the way. Most people would just take the hood off as it makes things go a lot quicker, but each to their own.
+GoodeZilla If you look closely enough you can see the point where a band aid magically appears on my knuckle. It's right after the turbo is pulled off the car 14:15
i hate to leave a knitty comment on a otherwise very good video. but from a professional point of view you should be removing the sump and checking the turbo return for blockage, fitting new oil lines and doing an oil + filter change. commonly turbo's seize because they get to hot. they get to hot from lack of lubricant or lack of coolant. althought im yet to see one go because of lack of coolant. just a note for the future :)
......nice....I should have found your video already..... my turbo went bad on 4/25/2016 on my way back from a rural place........I know nothing about how to fix the car...and definitely I did not know you already made this video.... I sent my car to the dealer where I usually have my car service...and I spend $3000 just for turbo replacement...... cry.... you spent only $100 for a refurbished one and work very well for you.... My car is 2010 Mazda CX-7 Touring.....DISI Turbo engine.....||| Can you make more detailed replacing and fixing videos on Mazda or Nissan Murano cars? Thanks
+everythingdiy (very nice job with your videos) ...a flare nut wrench can work also .. all these specialty sockets & wrenches can only apply limited torque, since they are split or relieved to allow the O2 wire to pass through ... PB Wrench may help, but my experience is, get the torch out, heat it up real good, then you stand a chance of getting it loose by dead blow hammering on one of these special wrenches. If you reuse the O2 sensor, expect to have to replace the metal gasket (they corrode from heat / humidity and can disintegrate when loosening the sensor).
me with my speed6 turbo swap, the most dirty hands ever!..sweating profusely, cursing like a drunken sailor, inability to find the proper tools, *takes long break*, comes back, everything somehow goes perfectly fine and mission is accomplished.
Buy OEM or a quality aftermarket like BNR. Those eBay turbos are built with very poor quality parts and will blow very quickly. I've heard nothing but bad experiences with those cheap turbos. There's a reason the OEM turbos cost $1000+ new, they're built to last a long time.
everythingdiy, although your statement is true. I bought an eBay turbo from a local vendor to me. Picked it up for 30% off their ebay listing price and have had it for 2 years now, on a very aggressive tune with no issues. it's hit or miss with ebay tbh.
sucks that you had to do it cause the turbo seized :/ but at the same time, (dunno about anyone else) but I found this video SUPER helpful, as I was thinking of upgrading the turbo on my speed in the future. At least now I know how :) so thanks for the video!
Belle, when you hold a turbine in your hands, there is some kind of dissonance in my engineering brain. You are such a beautiful, nice and clever girl! I respect! :)
Your gf should leave you for owning a Mazda they are trash..I'm about to stick a match in my wife's fuel tank and blow hers up. Head gasket and turbo went at the same time.
Watching this, with both laying side by side- brought back a funny-but-not-so-funny memory: guy was "changing" turbo (not upgrade) and after a few beers and shots with his "Garage Buddies" ended up stupidly re installing the *same* seized unit again.
Happened to a "buddy" of yours, I gotcha ;-)
Joe Milton Not me. Never turbo'd, don't drink.
Stay thirsty my friends
I did that last week with my sunroof gasket
@@danielgabarron8578it can happen!
I thought teaching my daughter to drive a stick and change a tire was accomplishment.
@Joseph Gross jack up the car than its 5 nuts.... i could do that at 10 years old
Joseph Gross I don’t understand how people don’t know how to change a tire. I knew how before I ever saw anyone do it, common sense really. If you know how to screw a bottle cap on and of you can change a tire.
Best video yet for Mazda turbo replacement. Great job.
Just pulled my turbo on my '09 MS3 today following your guide. Clean tutorial and straight to the point. Thanks!
Wow, that was one of the best how-to videos I've seen in a long time! I'm very impressed by the high quality video shots, and the rigorous documentation of all torque values and tools used. I really liked the reassembly montage as well. Amazing (scary) keeping track off all the parts, hoses, connectors it takes to access the turbo.
the MZR engine is such a pain in the ass to work on. The harness is a nightmare. I love my speed 3 but god damn!
I have insane amounts of respect for this lady. That is keeper of a wife if I've ever seen one. Big props!
That vacuum hose in the back that you removed when taking the intake off (one near the turbo). Where does that go to? Thank you.
Good video but skipping over that bottom downpipe stud was just wrong! almost impossible to get that thing out. be warned...
Wow. That is quite an involved strip down for the turbo replacement. Gives me an idea of what's involved should the Audi go bad. Thanks for the super helpful and detailed video!
Yes great video and well done to you for doing this job.
One question.
I have been working on cars / vans / HGV's since the 1970's and in all my years I have Never worked on a car and not ever gotten away without getting covered in... yuk, oil, crud.
You say the turbo sized but dam... that is the cleanest turbo and cars engine bay i have ever seen.
Keep up the good work.
True.
Why is everything so dam clean?
the car is basically brand new. has like 50k something miles as mentioned before
@@meeks726 but they usually don't look that clean.
Get a decent paint brush and brush down your motor when you change your oil and wipe it down afterwards. Neglecting to clean your motor can cause other problems with rust etc.
@@holdshiftt2run308 ikr.. The 'car repair guys' videos r a bit more realistic when it comes to filth and grunge with Mazda. I think that's the name of the channel.... You'll know when the speaker sounds like a cross between Jean Claude Van Damme and Kermit the Frog
@@TSloanorthologisticslab i doubt that cleaning your engine of oil will protect your engine from rust, i think its a contrary result, washing it a lot will get it rusted
Wow, good on you for replacing your own turbo! On the only turbocharged car I had (Shelby GLHS) it was easier to remove the head and exhaust manifold/turbo assembly together as a unit, and it was a PITA, as you can imagine.
I can't get over how clean the engine bay is in your car too. I wish I could keep mine that clean. Great vid!
I just replaced my first turbo today following your video on my pu, thank you for the detailed instructions and editing
What intercooler you're using? Looks great !!
I envy how you're able to work on this car without getting dirty! Excellent video as always.
I think its imposible
when you took out the turbo. did u take it out from the intake side? or did u take it out through the exhaust side?
Did you remove the plastic shroud thing over the intercooler to improve air flow?
Any noticeable increase to power or efficiency from doing that? Thought about doing that to my MS3.
Don't, that plastic shroud is important for proper airflow and cooling of the intercooler. If you remove it, you will for sure see higher boost air temperatures and reduce the effectiveness of the cars cooling system. The shroud has two important features first it creates a funnel for air to flow through the cooling channels of the intercooler and second it regulates air pressure over the intercooler and around the engine bay. In order for air to flow through something there needs to be an area of high pressure on one side and low pressure on the other. If both sides are equal or close in pressure you will see little to no airflow. This is what happens when you remove that shroud, you allow more air to flow around the intercooler which will end up pressurizing the engine bay and stopping air flow for not only the intercooler but the radiator as well. It's been tested may times on this car and the results of removing the shroud always equated to worse cooling performance. We actually do have a shroud; but it’s different because we run an aftermarket intercooler.
everythingdiy oh, ok. I was curious about that being a possibility too.
Thanks for the response!! Great Vids by the way! I'm a commercial electrician and work with my hands daily but working on cars has always worried me, excluding the "simple stuff", i.e, oil change, filters and such. But now I'm pretty confident I can do a lot more. So thanks for the Great videos! Subscribed!! I've only just started watching but do you work exclusively on the MS3? I have a 2012 "base" model. No Nav,HID or any extras. All Stock too, but I've recently put Hawk Pads and Centric Cyro-reated rotors. Nothing special, really.
Another quick question....if you have car lifter to rise the car....will it be easier to do the work from the chassis compare to doing it from the top???
im about to do this first time on my GT-T. practically the same im guessing except i dont have to remove rad/cooland or dump
Can I clock my turbo for under-route piping kit like this ? Without taking out downpipe ?
Where there any symptoms from the turbo seizing? Also was there noticeable shaft play?
Everything follows up, I watched this video twice when I installed mine and is awesome!
I want to swap out the turbo engine altogether to a non turbo engine. Any mods I'd have to do?
What is that a cx9? If it's a 7 my airfilter doesn't look anything like that is that a CAI?
Is there a break in period when you put in a new oem ko4 turbo??
I can’t seem to find my answer anywhere, it’s a he said she said thing.
would this be the same way to change out a turbo seal??
Wow your engine bay is so clean kudos!
8 yrs after your videos keep helping us mazdaspeed3 enthusiasts 🎉
Yo same, I’m currently in the process of swapping my k04 to a bnrs3 but I’m having trouble trying to the the turbo bracket bolts loose, any tips?
So after i finished installation i started it up and immediately began to hear intermittent squeaking with a rough vibration and shortly after some smoke began to rise from the engine. Any ideas why this is happening???
What size is you're t bolt clamps intake & inlet pipe
Excellent video, using this video I was trying to replace the turbo in a Mazda CX7, I bougth a new turbo in Ebay, i did all the upper disassembly but when I lift the car and I try to start the lower dismantling my surprise was that the access to the turbo was impossible, I guess the 4x4 transmission is bigger that the Mazdaspeed3, so in a CX7 it's necessary to take out the engine to replace the turbo :(
How long did the whole process take you
How did you know your turbo was messed up? I don’t have a boost gauge but I’ve felt a loss in power recently and I think my turbo is messed up as well. It still kicks on but it sounds really weak and it sounds different all of a sudden. Any advice would help! I just don’t want to replace the turbo if I don’t have to, thanks!
is that socket 3/8 for the o2 sensor
Is oil passing through the oil drain when the car is off? I'd like to ignore draining the oil If I can.
Great video. I found it looking for any help I could find with replacing the turbo in my 2008 CX-7 which failed yesterday. With our cars both being Mazda's do you think the procedure is pretty similar? Also, did you use a maintenance manual and if so which one? Also, about how long did it take to do the work?
Where do u get the turbo? Ebay or do you think that buy a remanufacturade its a good idea its a oem
Do you know? I find watching these videos on cars is much more informative and much easier to understand! Plus the presenter is good on the eye also, bonus.
Awesome video! I'm in the process of doing exhaust manifold because I have a leak, not sure if it's the manifold gasket or the manifold itself but those 4 bolts from the manifold to the turbo were loose, i tightened them and it's not as bad as before but still there and I can still notice it. They were easy to get off and here you are saying they're super tight. Then when I went to torque them down 45-50 ft-lb, I was scared I was going to snap them so I'm not sure if its that that's loose and thats why I have a leak or if it actually is the manifold/gasket. Any advice/input on this would be great! I love watch your guy's videos, always super informative and easy to follow!
Was the turbo you bought rebuilt?
Fantastic! Now to attempt this on my rusty bolts :( great video how many hours did it take you?
currently doing mine and i’m now at the 2nd o2 sensor waiting on my new turbo to be shipped
hi im new subscriber pls i have quistun that i have a toyota corola 1.3 4 salander do i stick a trbo charger in my engine
+Haider Khan Should be good to go mate! The 1.3 salander is a pretty tough block. Hope that answers your quistun.
Love my BNR S3. 385/380 @ the wheels when on the E28 tune, in good weather. And it's still very responsive. Actually, the lack of K04 "insta-spool" helps get the power down even better as well. S3 is just about perfect for stock block, IMHO. S4 or bigger if you're going to build, for sure.
+Numinous Impressive numbers, looking forward to an S3. And yes the instant spool of the K04 can make driving a bit scary sometimes. One second your just having a good time then suddenly your torque steering towards a wall.
I just blew up the turbo in my Hyundai i30 Diesel, and halfway through getting the old one out, I thought I should go check a youtube video, as it seemed so hard, and difficult to get to. But after watching this video, mine is just a walk in the park! I think I should just get back to it and stop whingeing, and maybe look for a new girlfriend! Well done girl, a great video, and you've put me back on track!
great video, I’ve owned my mazdaspeed6 for a couple weeks now, stock ko4 has seen better days and is smoking on most starts and cool downs, I am swapping a bnr s3 way quicker than I imagined. I haven’t been able to find any helpful videos in the mazdaspeed platform and this was by far the best. kudos to you for being a girl and owning a speed👍🏻
Where did you buy your used oem turbo?
This was a huge help. I just ordered a new turbo and DP b/c my stock K04 (for an '07) is smoking and burning a ton of oil. Would love to save $1500 and not pay my dealer to do it.
How long did it take all together 3-4hours including putting back together?
is that a v-band clamp on tip?
Is there a difference between turbo brands? Does quality effect on speed for example?
Great job ally, how on earth do you stay so clean??? Good video,,, who says ladies can't be mechanic's, very well done, more power to you.
what about the corksport turbo upgrade?
what about 07 cx7 w trans diff all wheel drive?
You should make a video like this for every part on every vehicle ever.
My girlfriend drives a 10 mazdaspeed3 and I drive a 07 mazdaspeed6. She pushed her speed crazy and I found this video very helpful in the future when she blow up her turbo.
Where did you bought your used turbo?
my 2010 speed3 is 6 years old never had a problem with the turbo. thank god
+greddy1010 well, k04 turbo problems on Speed3`s are not uncommon. However, there are a lot of them, pulling strong, without any problems. Sadly, mine died on my last year, even though the car was stock. Changed mine to an BNR S1, hope this one last a lifetime ;)
Good luck with your Mazdaspeed. Cheers.
christ u gotta pretty much dismantle the entire engine compartment to do this.. Another win for brilliant engineering.
Where did you find a lightly used turbo for $100 (if I heard that right)?? Thing looks brand new.. great videos!
Anyone here knows how to remove the header/exhaust manifold? Can't seem to get to some of the bottom bolts. I'm just trying to do it from the top and without having to unbolt it from the bottom
Well done on the install and editing video. Best video I've found on the Mazda turbo.
thanks a lot for uploading this! I got 08 mazda cx7 and the turbo went out on it, and your video is gonna be the same guide for my car!
OMG thank you so much for this video. About how long did this take? I'll be using this video for a guide to replace my turbo here in the next few weeks, hopefully I'll have some help. Pretty sure my turbo is going out. Its been smoking under hard pulls for a while now. And I just noticed a weird noise under hard acceleration that sounds something like turbo whistle and really weird rattling sound. I'm going to do some inspecting before I jump right into replacing the turbo to make sure its the turbo and not something else like the timing chain or AC compressor, but I'm almost positive its the turbo.
How many miles did you have on your car when the turbo failed? Also, your engine bay is so clean. Looks brand new.
+shawnmos 65,000 miles. 45,000 of those were on an aggressive 21 psi tune. Pretty happy with the miles I got out of it.
+everythingdiy I did an EGR delete on my 2011 MS3, besides the legality, any opinions on that? I'll appreciate it :)
What band was that playing at the end of the video? Great music! I've been learning a lot from your channel as I'm a new MS3 owner, thank you and keep up the Fantastic Work!
Same steps for a gen 1?
you are awesome! I'm being changed 850 for a recon and they have had it just over 3 weeks....
I Just wanna say, Good Job to you and Steve
The engine bay is cleaner than a new car. How can that be?
didn't unplug the o2 sensor first? those can be expensive to replace...
How does she keep her hands so clean? The moment I lift the hood on my car my hands get a bit of dirt. If I actually work on the car the I have grease and oil stains for at least a week. Seriously how does she do it. I need to know.
Aftermarket intakes with "high flow" cone filters that dont filter allows turbo dusting (even slight dusting is damaging) causing premature turbo failure in so many of these cars.
+pressrolls Which specific filters are you referring to? Dryflow? Oiled? I have an Amsoil synthetic fiber cone filter that uses nanofibers and filters particles a good deal smaller than the stock-type filters do.
That's not what causes them to go bad at all. It's a crankcase pressure problem that causes there to be too much positive pressure within the engine. The pressure wears out the turbo seals much faster and causes them to burn oil, hence the white smoke. Mazda has a TSB on it. Also not letting your car idle for at least 60 seconds after driving is not helping. The very hot turbo has a bunch of very hot oil in it after you drive. Letting the engine idle allows that oil to evacuate the turbo and cool it down rapidly, instead of sitting in the turbo and cooking.
Right, I wish that I could find cars to work on where you have someone to loosen the very tight bolts or the bolts and/or sensors which are not going to come lose. This engine is very clean, no oil residue, no real rust or oxidation on the bolts.
The turbines on the speed 3s are garbage. The are under designed and run very close on the exhaust side to around 700F at operating temp. They went cheap on the exhaust side or turbine side. Maybe, they figured that the water cooling would help.
Let one of these get some miles on it, go through a number of heating and cooling cycles and then I want to see a turbocharger come out of a speed 3 like this.
Half the time you have to cut the body of the O2 sensor off and use a long pry bar along with a fully walled 22mm or 7/8" socket to get the O2 sensor out. You cannot use a torch to heat the mounting boss becasue of the heat shields being in the way.
Most people would just take the hood off as it makes things go a lot quicker, but each to their own.
How long does it takes
I feel your pain with the bloody knuckles. I just made a how-to for removing the stock turbos on my Skyline GTR and boy was it a *bleep* :)
+GoodeZilla If you look closely enough you can see the point where a band aid magically appears on my knuckle. It's right after the turbo is pulled off the car 14:15
everythingdiy I did notice that actually lol!
What a pain in the ass of a job.
Great job dear! So good to see a lady getting down to some serious business. Awesome💪👍
Almost 100k on my 2012 and my turbo just went out. This was a great find, thanks!
i hate to leave a knitty comment on a otherwise very good video. but from a professional point of view you should be removing the sump and checking the turbo return for blockage, fitting new oil lines and doing an oil + filter change. commonly turbo's seize because they get to hot. they get to hot from lack of lubricant or lack of coolant. althought im yet to see one go because of lack of coolant. just a note for the future :)
am glad I found your channel I got a ms3 as well, now I know how to get stuff done by myself thanks for this :D
what is your full time job? not a technician?
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......nice....I should have found your video already..... my turbo went bad on 4/25/2016 on my way back from a rural place........I know nothing about how to fix the car...and definitely I did not know you already made this video.... I sent my car to the dealer where I usually have my car service...and I spend $3000 just for turbo replacement...... cry.... you spent only $100 for a refurbished one and work very well for you....
My car is 2010 Mazda CX-7 Touring.....DISI Turbo engine.....|||
Can you make more detailed replacing and fixing videos on Mazda or Nissan Murano cars? Thanks
Holy crap they make O2 sensor sockets? That is awesome! haha
+Matthew Maranan Yup. This one was made by Tekton and cost around $12.
+everythingdiy Awesome! Tekton is pretty legit, I have a set of punches by them and they are awesome.
+everythingdiy (very nice job with your videos) ...a flare nut wrench can work also .. all these specialty sockets & wrenches can only apply limited torque, since they are split or relieved to allow the O2 wire to pass through ... PB Wrench may help, but my experience is, get the torch out, heat it up real good, then you stand a chance of getting it loose by dead blow hammering on one of these special wrenches. If you reuse the O2 sensor, expect to have to replace the metal gasket (they corrode from heat / humidity and can disintegrate when loosening the sensor).
A very well organized video and you did a good job explaining the process.
..thats why i love neon srt4 and cobalts ss tubros, soooo easy
very nice detailed videos. Keep them coming.
I am a bmw guy and removing the twin turbo means removing the whole engine. I am seriously considering Japanese car as I plan to simplify
me with my speed6 turbo swap, the most dirty hands ever!..sweating profusely, cursing like a drunken sailor, inability to find the proper tools, *takes long break*, comes back, everything somehow goes perfectly fine and mission is accomplished.
J 18L did you have trouble underneath the turbo because of the transfer case?
My transfer case is a sore pain in my a$$. Such a big glob of metal preventing me from getting to bolts underneath the car
has anyone tried the turbos they sell on eBay? I couldn't find a OEM used turbo for $100.
Buy OEM or a quality aftermarket like BNR. Those eBay turbos are built with very poor quality parts and will blow very quickly. I've heard nothing but bad experiences with those cheap turbos. There's a reason the OEM turbos cost $1000+ new, they're built to last a long time.
everythingdiy, although your statement is true. I bought an eBay turbo from a local vendor to me. Picked it up for 30% off their ebay listing price and have had it for 2 years now, on a very aggressive tune with no issues. it's hit or miss with ebay tbh.
Juan Ramon Gonzalez Ramirez from where or who u bought ur turbo cuz mine its fucked up and no money to buy anotherone oem or bnr please let me know
It's best to go for Genuine turbos much like @everythingdiy just said cheap turbos = bad experiences
I was was wondering, why are your hands so clean? I don't rember that part when I did this.
is it possible to throw a turbo into a stock mazda 3 hatch just like this? not a speed 3, just mazda 3.
Yeah just takes time I'm doing it
Would be nice if you told us what size the bolts were before you remove them.
sucks that you had to do it cause the turbo seized :/ but at the same time, (dunno about anyone else) but I found this video SUPER helpful, as I was thinking of upgrading the turbo on my speed in the future. At least now I know how :) so thanks for the video!
Wow what a girl 🤩
Are turbo diesel cars the same to do? Or the turbine is different?
Belle, when you hold a turbine in your hands, there is some kind of dissonance in my engineering brain. You are such a beautiful, nice and clever girl! I respect! :)
If my girlfriend finds out how in love with you I am, she's going to make me sell my Mazda.
If your girlfriend finds out she will make love to me and give me your mazda.
Your gf should leave you for owning a Mazda they are trash..I'm about to stick a match in my wife's fuel tank and blow hers up. Head gasket and turbo went at the same time.
Wow I can't believe you did that yourselves....Damn good video! Thanks for sharing!