How reliable is your mazda?

**urbanmetal** · May 17th, 2016 08:51 AM

Reliability
Ease of maintenance
Durability

**Radical-One** · December 22nd, 2017 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by urbanmetal

Reliability
Ease of maintenance
Durability

Mazda 3 2009
Apart from regular change oil and brake pads, tires the only parts changed that are not consumable are;

- Tail lights housing melted - I replaced with LED tail lights
- Accessory /fan belt in 2015 around 60K km
- Shocks front and rear in 2015 around 60K km
- Engine support in 2016 around 68K km

All is fine and well until now around 74K km
Parang bago parin takbo

**travajante** · December 22nd, 2017 05:50 PM

Long dead thread resurrection?[emoji4]
July 2014 1.5M3 Sky
Just Yojin3.....& a batt.
Rides like new.[emoji4]

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**Bishop Rasta** · January 11th, 2018 10:55 AM

1996 Mazda Familia
Power steering rack and pinion problem - scratches on shaft, i removed the power steering belt to make it manual steering
Need a replacement of the whole assembly...

**travajante** · January 11th, 2018 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by Bishop Rasta

1996 Mazda Familia
Power steering rack and pinion problem - scratches on shaft, i removed the power steering belt to make it manual steering
Need a replacement of the whole assembly...

You can do a tube loop on the rack to make manual steering liveable. Developed an R50/53-specific power steering delete kit thru a shop in the US years ago.....similar to what e30 & early gen MX5 guys do w/ theirs. The shop says it continues to sell well...here's a pic.

This kit loops the two banjo bolts to allow not only the residual fluid to pass from one side of the rack to the other, but also the air inside to flow freely. Without this pass-through, you will be compressing both the fluid & air inside your rack on each side when you turn the wheel, making it harder to steer, and eventually risking blowing out seals.
Having no PSPump in an older car leaves you 1 thing less to worry about.[emoji4]

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**Bishop Rasta** · January 12th, 2018 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by travajante

You can do a tube loop on the rack to make manual steering liveable. Developed an R50/53-specific power steering delete kit thru a shop in the US years ago.....similar to what e30 & early gen MX5 guys do w/ theirs. The shop says it continues to sell well...here's a pic.

This kit loops the two banjo bolts to allow not only the residual fluid to pass from one side of the rack to the other, but also the air inside to flow freely. Without this pass-through, you will be compressing both the fluid & air inside your rack on each side when you turn the wheel, making it harder to steer, and eventually risking blowing out seals.
Having no PSPump in an older car leaves you 1 thing less to worry about.[emoji4]

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Developed an R50/53-specific power steering delete kit ...is there a specific name for this kit? is it available here in our locality? i don't know if our local mechanics here can do the loop...can you at least draw a diagram of how they will do it just in case...thanks for your help...i've been having a hard time looking for the rack and pinion...the only suggestion i've heard so far is to make the shafting hard chromed....

**travajante** · January 12th, 2018 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Bishop Rasta

Developed an R50/53-specific power steering delete kit ...is there a specific name for this kit? is it available here in our locality? i don't know if our local mechanics here can do the loop...can you at least draw a diagram of how they will do it just in case...thanks for your help...i've been having a hard time looking for the rack and pinion...the only suggestion i've heard so far is to make the shafting hard chromed....

Just have your shop do a custom pump bypass tube w/ proper brass fittings to replace the banjo bolts. Idea is to make the fluid & air freely pass within the rack to eliminate internal pressure when you turn the wheel. The available custom delete kits I'm aware of are make & model specific for classic Bimmers, NA/NB Miatas, gen1 BMW MINIs.
Here's a sample pic of a rack w/ deleted pump. The UHMW white plastic kit here eliminates the necessary loop tube you need to do as indicated by the arrow.

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**travajante** · January 11th, 2018 11:08 AM

A good friend's 2014 Skyactiv BM3...Nothing but fun....

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**momomazda** · July 7th, 2018 04:41 AM

Mine: Mazda 3 2005 1.6L

Mazda is reliable, masarap idrive and feel mo yung pagkapremium niya compared to other cars. Sporty and hindi mabilis maluma yung itsura. medyo mahal lang talaga parts as compared sa japanese cars but in terms of tibay, i'll root for Mazda