I agree, I track my car once a month. I change tranny every 15K, oil every 2.5K and flush fluid before and after every season. If you track the car you deffinitly need to do more maintenance.

 

Try do it in km.

I do it once a month too.

I change engine oil every 2 track days, no matter how many k I do in between. I do change when the oil temp reaches 125 degree C.

Gear oil I change every 2 track days, now I use Redline Lightweight shock proof I can take it out longer. Diff at least twice a year. A tracker in Japan uses Redline diff oil and still change in one every 2 months.

Tyre need to be rotate every track days, unless you want to toss the tyre afterwards.

Spark plug need to clean every season, so does air filter change. Brake pads every 5 track days with my project mu now. Machine rotor lightly every 2 pads. New rotor every 4 pads (at least my stock rotor lasts 4 pads and about 14 track days).

 

why did you still have your R-comps on the car? Those wear crazy fast on the street

 

Lol, dealerships hate warranty work. Contrary to popular belief they don't make jack for warranty work. They make far better $$$ running diagnostics and charging for stuff rather than getting reimbursed by MNAO for example. That is why 99% of dealers will try to get it done out of warranty.

 

agreed.

Most dealership charges diagnostics fee like 100 bux an hour, sometimes it might be just gas cap (if you're out of warranty), hour labor + the overpriced gas cap = good money.

and some morons might go to the dealership cuz the engine oil light is on. another 100 bucks goes to dealership's pocket (plus oil)

 

Jason, it looks too late now but the better approach would have been to discuss your engine failure based on the engine recall and higher than normal replacements done to the installed "fleet". However, it looks like heat killed this engine from a water pump failure at the track. The only option now might be that the thermostat swap was not the proper fix, it only masked a bigger problem that surfaced at driving class.

Not trying to pass judgement, just giving you ideas.

Mike

 

nope

 

I'll guarantee you that if you file a small claims against mazda for the cost of your repairs, they will pay it and settle before it ever reaches court.

 

Thanks everybody for your help/ comments! At this point my attorney has advised me to stay off-line until this thing gets resolved. I will let you know how it ultimately turns out.

 

please do. im interested in tracking my car in the future and i wanna learn n study everything i can.

good luck

 

The man abodes.