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Originally Posted by SecondZ28
Oh it's there, Those engines were notoriously bad for buildup. I had the top end apart on my Mazdaspeed6 around 60-70k to clean the valves, it was horrid.
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If ain't broke, I don't fix it. I can jump in my ms3 right now and happily drive 150+ miles to Orlando without thinking twice. Except for a defective timing chain tensioner, and poorly designed engine mounts that needed to be swapped, I never had to touch the engine, clutch, tranny or the turbo.
The doom and gloom predictions in the Mazdaspeed forums at the time (around '07) were comical. Supposedly, the engine, clutch and turbo weren't going to last. The coke build-up in the engine was going to be so bad, early failure was eminent. I remember guys running seafoam through their brand new engines out of fear.
The turbo was going to overheat and suffer bearing failure, the clutch was poorly designed and would wear out easily. The tranny's 3rd gear was defective and wouldn't last past the warranty...blah, blah, blah.
All I did was stick to the basics - kept on top of the recommended maintenance routines and learned to drive a stick shift the proper way, not like in the Fast and Furious.