Damn Mechanic

[latinopikachu]

yes, mine too

[ing-schu@online.no]

More like 4 gallons.

[Troutman]

It's a good way to test the effectiveness of your fuel filter.

[enginph]

More like 4 gallons.

 

Mine is exactly at 6 gallon assuming it is 18 gallon in total.

 

[ing-schu@online.no]

Ok. I may have 5 left too

 

And the tank holds 18 (68 litres) gallons. I filled her up with 67,5 litres once

[///BHRpowered]

1. frank needs to stop making an avator like jet

 

2. running your tank even below 1/4th is hard on the fuel pump, don't be a cheap lazy bastard.

 

3. factory spoiler, created and installed by the factory, I dare say reserved for the optimal color combo S models.

[ing-schu@online.no]

What is hard on the fuelpump is sucking air and lack of regular driving.

 

I'd say towing is ideal for the fuelpump.

[enginph]

A spoiler would help with fuel pump as well. Even if it is never driven the spoiler helps clean it out

 

[///BHRpowered]

no xedos you are wrong as usual, towing does harm to everything, sucking air is bad, but mine doesn't do that, nor does it have problems with being preserved.

 

fuel filter would be harmed if I did not take the proper steps but I do

 

infact just 2 days ago the garage door broke, sure I could pull the emergency release, but why bother when the millenia can be locked away in even greater darkness

[ing-schu@online.no]

My 170k km Xedos is allowed to see daylight on a daily basis and runs smoother than ever. A tranny flush is due at 180k but the shifts are perfect either warm or cold. Who said it is a bad tranny? Neglect is what kills them. Not hold buttons, redlining or towing.

[enginph]

Who said it is a bad tranny? Neglect is what kills them. Not hold buttons, redlining or towing.

 

I really doubt about it. Brother shortens ATF change interval to every 6months now.

[ing-schu@online.no]

Did he buy the car used? It is hard to find out how the previous owner treated the car, and in worst case he maintained the tranny according to factory recommendations, which means no maintenance whatsoever on a Xedos.

 

I bought the car with 47k km on the odo, and decided on 60k flushes. Seems to work for me. And as you know, I use the car... I'm always very gentle untill she is warmed up though

[///BHRpowered]

6 months is excessive - even for me

 

Using the hold button does infact shorten the life since your not shifting at the proper point and its not designed for it. mazda never should have put it there.

[SteveSter]

If you drive it right the hold button will extend the life of your transmission. Think about it instead of upshifting and downshifting all the time you can control it to minimize the amount of times it actually shift which is when the components in the transmission wear.

[enginph]

If you drive it right the hold button will extend the life of your transmission. Think about it instead of upshifting and downshifting all the time you can control it to minimize the amount of times it actually shift which is when the components in the transmission wear.

 

But you increase the heat which is not good.

 

Xedos, he bought the car at I think at 17k km or so. All fluids are changed at that time. All maintenances are done in Mazda and he knows all the mechanics there. So it was a well known used car. He chased the car for a year actually It is around 100k km now. He usually idles the car to warm up before moving it. Although I cannot say he drives gently, he has tranny cooler, changes ATF pretty often yet it died at 100k km.

 

The rebuild is done now and he said it cannot shift any smooter.

 

[ing-schu@online.no]

Ok, then it was probably not caused by lack of maintenance. Good to hear it is fixed

[///BHRpowered]

but then you increase engine wear, and its still more work on the trannies

 

transmissions don't go bad from the number of shifts but from the stress they endure while shifting and the loads they carry. Using the hold button contributes to all of this.

 

none the less, 2.5 trannies are known to be shit, hell half the 2.5 millenia's I see for sale have bad trannies

[SteveSter]

Who says that by using the hold button you have to shift at redline, I said if used right it would extend the life of it.

 

 

[enginph]

Who says that by using the hold button you have to shift at redline, I said if used right it would extend the life of it.

 

 

Instead of hold they should have used tiptronic or whatever mazda calls that you can pick any gear.

[ing-schu@online.no]

Different name, basically same function. Though Mazda eliminates the top cogs.

[///BHRpowered]

umm no, its not the same.

 

and you won't be shifting at the right point, maybe once in awhile but never spot on.

 

Change the fluid every 30k, get a cooler, check the filter, or just accept that you have a lemon

[enginph]

Different name, basically same function. Though Mazda eliminates the top cogs.

 

How come the same function? You drove mazda6 right? You can shift to 4th at 30km/h, impossible with milly.

 

[ing-schu@online.no]

BHR, you have no clue, as usual. The whole idea with a Tiptronic, or Hold on Mazdish, is to give the driver possibility to choose changing points, and above all to avoid unwanted changes. In fact Mazdas Hold feature is more uncompromized, as it will allow downchanges even if it mean redline revs. A Tiptronic is programmed to avoid damage caused by the driver. Safer but not so fun, a KL sounds amazing at 7500 rpm.

 

Saint, my 6 is a 5 speed manual, but I get your point. I would have thought the tranny denied such early upshifts though.

[enginph]

BHR, you have no clue, as usual. The whole idea with a Tiptronic, or Hold on Mazdish, is to give the driver possibility to choose changing points, and above all to avoid unwanted changes. In fact Mazdas Hold feature is more uncompromized, as it will allow downchanges even if it mean redline revs. A Tiptronic is programmed to avoid damage caused by the driver. Safer but not so fun, a KL sounds amazing at 7500 rpm.

 

Saint, my 6 is a 5 speed manual, but I get your point. I would have thought the tranny denied such early upshifts though.

 

Got you. BTW that fairytale song beats everybody! Good work

 

[Matt64341]

BHR, you have no clue, as usual. The whole idea with a Tiptronic, or Hold on Mazdish, is to give the driver possibility to choose changing points, and above all to avoid unwanted changes. In fact Mazdas Hold feature is more uncompromized, as it will allow downchanges even if it mean redline revs. A Tiptronic is programmed to avoid damage caused by the driver. Safer but not so fun, a KL sounds amazing at 7500 rpm.

 

Saint, my 6 is a 5 speed manual, but I get your point. I would have thought the tranny denied such early upshifts though.

 

I agree. The hold function is pretty well refined, if you try to force a shift that will be past redline it will not allow it, but if it is before redline it will downshift. I don't use it much during daily driving, but there are times that demand a selected gear. Climbing a mountain or long steep incline without forcing the tranny into a low gear will cause much more wear than locking it in first or second. I also use it to keep it in second gear if there is a sharp bend in an on-ramp where it would normally shift to 3rd or 4th, with it still in second as I come out of the corner I can get a lot more speed going on to the highway. There are pleanty of other examples.