what octane rating is your Prmium?

good 2 hear it was nothing too serious!! hehehe

 

let me know what the dealer says this morning, they should have found whatever the problem is yesterday!!! (the car died last night, for anyone reading b4 phil gets on)

 

I will.

For those who wanna know the scoop:
I was driving home yesterday afternoon from work, when the car just shut down. No sputtering, no tell-tale signs or anything. it just shut down. I tried to restart, nada. I then checked my lights (to see if the battery just happened to die or something) no. BUT, when I tried to turn on my radio, the time came on, then it just shut off....which leads me to believe that it's something electrical related...like a short somewhere. I double checked my oil & it was good to go. no flakes of metal (so I don't think something went inside there)...I actually waiting on Mazda to give me a shout today...seems my warranty ran out in July....even though I'm way below the mileage....the factory warranty is only 3 years...man wtf!?
I'll keep you guys posted.

-Phil

 

Dude Good luck, I hope you P5 gets resurected.

Ive been using 91 - 94 octain, since I began modding her (thinking it didnt make too much of a diference, but willing to shell out a few extra cents for the chance there is)

 

Well...we'll see. I just double checked to see if I have an extended warranty through CARMAX...the company that I bought the car from. Now, all the dealership has to do is find the problem...and as long as it wasn't something that DIRECTLY caused a problem...I should be good.
*fingers crossed*

 

Will the extended warranty cover it?

 

As long as the problem wasn't caused by me yes..the extended warranty good up to 74,xxx miles or Dec 2009....

 

good deal

 

Good luck, Nice to see you found some ground.

 

Still waiting to see what's really up though.

 

Yeah, that's a strange one you've got there. I've read about a lot of problems but never that one.
I know Ed Mann hasn't updated his FAQ for a while but did you check it out to see if there are
any TSBs that look like your problem?

http://web2.airmail.net/theman/protegefaq/tsb/

 

Well, Mazda called me yesterday and asked if I had put in gas like they asked me to. I said yes. I put in Premium. Service manager asked from where, I said Texaco. i asked if they managed to get it started yet...they said no, but the got it to spin....wtf does that mean? Spin? I didn't even want to get into it. He did say the tech working on the wagon has 30 years experince on mazdas, and every so often, one or 2 come in that just stumps them...this happens to be one of them he said. He's supposed to touch base w/me today, so we'll see. I will keep you guys in the loop.
-Phil

 

If they are stumped, and casnt figure it out of fix it they should replace the motor. I hope it works out for yah.

 

Any news? Hopefully good.

 

Haven't heard anything...but I'm a pretty patient individual...so.....

-Phil