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I did the timing on my car last week and everything seemed alright. Drove about 600~ miles since then and this morning I got a code saying that the camshaft position timing is over-retarded. Is this just due to the belt breaking in? Is it alright to drive like this for another few hundred miles? The car seems to be running fine.
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Jan 7, 2016 20:52
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What year? on you not retiming the car and it's an NA.
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Jan 7, 2016 21:17
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It's a 2002. 1.8 with VVT.
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Jan 7, 2016 21:22
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Nooooooooo. Yeah, no idea on that one since the cam sensor is right on top of the VC. I'd check to make sure you plugged back in the VVT solenoid connector all of the way. That's the only way I could see a retard condition on an NB2.
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Jan 7, 2016 21:29
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My 2002 VVT got a random CEL for camshaft position sensor the other day, along with the EGR code. Checked the connector and cleared the code, few dozen drive cycles since and it hasn't reappeared. I'm going to pretend it didn't happen.
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Jan 7, 2016 22:18
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Mine just disappeared as well. Maybe it has to do with the cold? 
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Jan 7, 2016 22:42
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Partial Octopus posted:Mine just disappeared as well. Maybe it has to do with the cold? Basically a mystery. If I had to suspect maybe my oil is a bit old/dirty and didn't pressurize the actuator in time. It was cold as well and I don't sit there and warm it up, rather just takeoff right away. Also "If there is failure in the electrical input to the oil control valve, the OCV rotates to its maximum retard position." Chriskory fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Jan 7, 2016 |
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Jan 7, 2016 23:34
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Cmon, Mazda! You never go full retard!
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Jan 7, 2016 23:43
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By the way, the cam position sensor is notoriously lovely. Like it's possible to buy a new one that fails straight out of the box, I think that happened to Savington. Fatcow had one go bad on him a few years ago when he got his NB on track for the first time. I think he did two laps before it gave up the ghost.
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Jan 8, 2016 01:28
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I put in a new cam sensor when I did the timing belt too. I honestly wouldn't be surprised.
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Jan 8, 2016 01:33
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What bucket seats do you guys recommend that aren't stupid expensive? I'm getting sick of looking at my ripped leather seats.
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Jan 10, 2016 04:37
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Finally heard back from my fleet dealer buddy. He can't import the Canadian GT, which had the LSD as well. Bummer. So it's Club for me, most likely. As far as alignment goes, is it just the usual $70 deal and they'll know what to do, or do I need to be more specific than that?
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Jan 12, 2016 06:51
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Go find a race shop and try to sit in the car while they do it. The car has fully independent suspension on all four corners and you can adjust the camber, most cars have struts where you can really only adjust the toe. The basics are symmetrical settings left to right and maybe a touch of toe in for the rear. You can look at my settings and crib those, but I'm happy with its street manners and felt it was a good starting point.
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Jan 12, 2016 16:51
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Phone posted:Go find a race shop and try to sit in the car while they do it. The car has fully independent suspension on all four corners and you can adjust the camber, most cars have struts where you can really only adjust the toe. How much does something like this cost, roughly? I am going to want to do this for the NC when it comes out of hibernation because it's probably never been done.
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Jan 12, 2016 17:29
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GutBomb posted:How much does something like this cost, roughly? I am going to want to do this for the NC when it comes out of hibernation because it's probably never been done. $70 usually. Same procedure as s normal alignment, you're just in the car during it. Or put in sandbags equal to your weight if they don't want you sitting in it.
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Jan 12, 2016 17:41
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GutBomb posted:How much does something like this cost, roughly? I am going to want to do this for the NC when it comes out of hibernation because it's probably never been done. Depends on your area. Figure an hour's worth of work and maybe a surcharge for customer defined specs. There's two shops here locally that will do it, one is an independent shop that will do exactly what you say for $125 or so, another will do it, too; however, you have to ride their rear end the entire time about getting everything set correctly because they're not used to having slammed import cars with huge wheels and tires on them for $85.
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Jan 12, 2016 18:04
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GutBomb posted:How much does something like this cost, roughly? I am going to want to do this for the NC when it comes out of hibernation because it's probably never been done. Generally an hour of labor at a race shop.
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Jan 12, 2016 20:14
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Rhyno posted:Depending on the weather today you should grab a friend and head to a car wash, have them spray the car all around the roof and door seams, the all along the bottom of the top along the trunk. Dumping tons of water on the car is how I found my problem. Found the leak! It rained pretty hard the other day and all dry. The issue was the grommet used to attach the cowl covers. Documented here a few posts down as the exact location: http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=132159 So very happy it was an easy fix.
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Jan 12, 2016 22:19
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FatCow posted:Generally an hour of labor at a race shop. I've never been to a race shop nor do I know roughly how much that costs so that's pretty much what I was asking.
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Jan 12, 2016 23:54
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GutBomb posted:I've never been to a race shop nor do I know roughly how much that costs so that's pretty much what I was asking. Just google alignment shop- your city and start calling around asking questions, it's not difficult dude.
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Jan 13, 2016 00:25
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I'm getting it done as well. I called around to a few places and none of them would let me sit in it while they did it... I'll keep asking around. I'm going to just steal Phone's recommendations unless I should go with "standard alignment" or whatever.
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Jan 13, 2016 01:23
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Local Firestone was pretty cool about it; lifetime alignment with custom specs for like $180. Useful once the season spins up.
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Jan 13, 2016 01:33
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King-Kong posted:Local Firestone was pretty cool about it; lifetime alignment with custom specs for like $180. Useful once the season spins up. My local Firestone are dicks and refused to take custom specs so I found a little Indy shop that will for it for $60 a pop.
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Jan 13, 2016 01:37
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leica posted:Just google alignment shop- your city and start calling around asking questions, it's not difficult dude. Got it. I'll keep the discussion out of the discussion forums.
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Jan 13, 2016 01:52
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GutBomb posted:Got it. I'll keep the discussion out of the discussion forums. I wasn't trying to be a dick, it's just that we can't answer that question accurately, it's different wherever you live so you just have to call around and see who does what for how much. Every place I called here refused to do it with me sitting in the car, and a lot wouldn't do custom specs either. After calling a bunch of places I was finally able to find someone that would do custom specs at a reasonable price. I've seen 4 wheel alignments range from 60 to over 100 depending where you go. You may as well be asking "how much would it cost to have a water heater installed?" Depends on who does it.
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Jan 13, 2016 02:37
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leica posted:I wasn't trying to be a dick, it's just that we can't answer that question accurately, it's different wherever you live so you just have to call around and see who does what for how much. Every place I called here refused to do it with me sitting in the car, and a lot wouldn't do custom specs either. After calling a bunch of places I was finally able to find someone that would do custom specs at a reasonable price. I've seen 4 wheel alignments range from 60 to over 100 depending where you go. You may as well be asking "how much would it cost to have a water heater installed?" Depends on who does it. See, the thing is that I was already satisfied with everyone else's answers and I commented that one of them was (likely intentionally) obtuse. I didn't expect an exact price hence my use of "roughly." I was expecting to maybe, I don't know, hear how much other people here had paid for the same service since it's probably going to be roughly the same. You were trying to be a dick. It's fine. Own it. I was just being a dick back. Let's get back to talking about our homo cars.
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Jan 13, 2016 02:57
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I was just giving you a hard time because you should know these things after posting here for so long. But if you want to think i was being a dick that's fine with me lol.
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Jan 13, 2016 03:12
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leica posted:I was just giving you a hard time because you should know these things after posting here for so long. Agreed. There is discussion and there is hand holding. Pick up the phone and call around. Not hard.
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Jan 13, 2016 04:29
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What size snow tire and steel wheel should I get for my NB?
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Jan 13, 2016 04:31
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Partial Octopus posted:What size snow tire and steel wheel should I get for my NB? Do whatever TireRack tells you to get. I like to go -1 wheel size if it's possible to fit over the brakes, gives you a little more sidewall to cushion frozen ruts and the like.
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Jan 13, 2016 04:36
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Partial Octopus posted:What size snow tire and steel wheel should I get for my NB? Sorry, asking questions isn't allowed in this thread. Call mazda. It's not hard. Bovril Delight posted:Agreed. There is discussion and there is hand holding. Pick up the phone and call around. Not hard. Asking someone who has had a specific service done roughly how much it costs is not asking for handholding. Saying "go look it up" is being a dick. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 13, 2016 04:38
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Do whatever TireRack tells you to get. I like to go -1 wheel size if it's possible to fit over the brakes, gives you a little more sidewall to cushion frozen ruts and the like. I tried that but the smallest and cheapest wheel it's showing is this 16 inch wheel: http://tinyurl.com/h2quae2 for $97. I thought I could fit 15 inch steelies for a lot cheaper but it's not showing up on the website.
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Jan 13, 2016 04:50
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Check craigslist, you should be able to pick up a set of cheap stock or even aftermarket alloys and go from there. Maybe even find a set of Miata steelies cheap, hell I got a set for free.
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Jan 13, 2016 05:24
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Partial Octopus posted:I tried that but the smallest and cheapest wheel it's showing is this 16 inch wheel: http://tinyurl.com/h2quae2 for $97. I have a 99 with non sport brakes and ran 185/65/14 or 185/60/14's on steelies without issue, can't remember which. General Altimax Arctic were what I had, found they worked really well. I ski patrol, so I was quite literally plowing the highway some days.
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Jan 13, 2016 05:36
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Any idea why tire rack says that 16's will fit the LS miata but 15's will not?
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Jan 13, 2016 05:50
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Is it a NB2? The brakes can't be that much bigger.
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Jan 13, 2016 06:11
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It is an NB2. Do you think I could go as low as 14x6? They're way less expensive than the 16 or 15 options.
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Jan 13, 2016 06:29
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15" Koseis cleared the sport calipers on my 02 LS so I'd imagine they'll clear NB2 calipers without issues too.Partial Octopus posted:It is an NB2. Do you think I could go as low as 14x6? They're way less expensive than the 16 or 15 options. I have a spare set of 14" Miata rims with xice snows for a Miata, they just barely didn't clear the calipers for my car. If you want to drive to Boston, we can try test mounting them and if they fit you can have them for super cheap. I also have stock 16s with Toyo snows mounted on the car which will definitely fit. If you have some crappy wheels you don't mind parting ways with so I can still roll my car around, we can work something out on a swap for those. Muffinpox fucked around with this message at 06:55 on Jan 13, 2016 |
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Jan 13, 2016 06:50
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I just checked the brochure for the 2002 model. Theres no difference with the brakes between the standard and LS versions so I don't see why the 14 inch wheels shouldn't fit. Must just have to do with tire racks website.
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Jan 13, 2016 06:55
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Muffinpox posted:15" Koseis cleared the sport calipers on my 02 LS so I'd imagine they'll clear NB2 calipers without issues too. Did you have the stock calipers? I'm just trying to find out the fastest and cheapest way I can get into snow tires. Driving to Boston is a little too far for me but thanks for the offer. Tire Rack can get me a set of steelies with Dunlop Winter Max's for 400 which is pretty solid. Partial Octopus fucked around with this message at 07:02 on Jan 13, 2016 |
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