Help me diagnose a noise.

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Acme said:
If it were a BMW 320D with a re-map and a few M-Sport bits and pieces, nobody would bat an eye, but because its a Mazda 3, everyone loses their minds... :p
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Nobody is losing any minds, merely pointing out that trying to turn a humdrum diesel into a performance car might not have been the wisest thing in the first place. It's completely relevant to the thread because there's a chance that it was the cause, and a greater chance that it'll cause issues with the warranty repair if it's not. This is exaggerated by the fact that the performance/hot variant of that same car isn't some exotica that's out of reach of mere mortals - it's a hot hatch that wouldn't have cost him much more to buy.

I'd love to see you back up the BMW remark though - the 320D is available in M sport trim out of the box, it's no different to the OPs "sport" spec car. I think if someone bought a 320D an bolted some M3 parts on it and was talking about how a stainless exhaust makes it sound nice, while trying to troubleshoot an issue which may well have been caused by the tinkering......I'd wager they'd receive a few more comments than a few harmless "it's a bit Barry" or "you might be wasting your time" sentiments.

Most people don't need you to take offence on their behalf by the way
 
Ah yes, 185HP remapped to 210HP, a low powered car if ever I saw one!

God you lot don't half talk a load of crap. :(

I'm out, can't be dealing with the usual aimless negativity.

OP, maybe try a Mazda forum where people aren't so ridiculously ill informed about mechanical tolerences and and prejudiced about performance diesels

I'm not being offended on OPs behalf, I'm getting annoyed with the constant negativity towards some things on this sub forum. People are more interested in pushing their own agendas, preaching and insulting people, than actually helping... That isn't what it is all about!
 
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So we essentially have a bloke her who couldn't afford the MPS?

Instead he got the diesel, remaps it, guts the DPF, is fitting a SS exhaust? Sounds pretty chavvy to me.
 
pepsilol said:
So we essentially have a bloke her who couldn't afford the MPS?

Instead he got the diesel, remaps it, guts the DPF, is fitting a SS exhaust? Sounds pretty chavvy to me.
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I could afford the mps. Simply wanted a car with better mpg than the clip 172 I had before.

I got that with this mazda. Faster than the clip and near double mpg.

I then have fitted the bits that mazda sell as options... and had an exhaust custom made for the car.

And I had the dpf gutted because it kept regenerating... along with a remap to boost the performance (like countless others do to vw and bmws...)

So your calling lots of BMW owners chavs too? Have fun :)
 
I'd actually say there are more chavvy BMW owners out there than any other manufacturer, why do you keep comparing to BMW anyway?

I still can't get over gutting the DPF rather than fixing (under warranty!!!!!) whatever underlying problem there was with it.
 
iaind said:
I'd actually say there are more chavvy BMW owners out there than any other manufacturer, why do you keep comparing to BMW anyway?

I still can't get over gutting the DPF rather than fixing (under warranty!!!!!) whatever underlying problem there was with it.
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Dpf is part of exhaust.
From what I can see that's not covered under the warranty.

also if it was replaced it would still be an issue in the future.

And I wanted to remap the car anyway, the Dpf removal only added 75 to the cost! Common sense no?

Can we agree to disagree here?
 
I don't believe it's common sense.... I just don't see the point in throwing your toys out the pram and others jumping to get offended on your behalf because I, and others, expressed that view. If you don't like other people's opinions then ignore them, don't have a tantrum and ask them not to express them
 
He didn't ask for anyones opinions on what he has done to his car, so keep shtum, and help if you can. Theres no point being negative and de-railing a thread because you don't agree with someone elses choices...

I don't get the fuss... Taking a 185HP diesel, remapping, and changing the exhaust for a custom made stainless one without a DPF, is all he has done. And that has the car at a comfortable 210HP... They are perfectly acceptable, and common modifications. Nobody cares if you think it is "barry" to put a custom exhaust on a diesel, the simple fact of the matter is, that you are wrong...
 
I absolutely loathe the "he/I didn't ask for opinions on xxxxx" stuff that people are so keen to spout. If you want technical facts, go read a Haynes manual. It's a discussion forum, if people want to express an opinion then they're welcome to so long as it's polite. The only responses which have been less than polite have been your own and OPs.

If nobody cares about my opinion that it's a bit Barry then how can it be wrong? It's hilarious that you are so quick to jump to tell me that it's an opinion then, in the same sentence, say that I'm wrong. Opinions are never right are wrong - it's just your opinion that it's not Barry. And that's lovely, you're welcome to that opinion and I'm welcome to mine.
 
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He didn't ask for anyones opinions on what he has done to his car, so keep shtum, and help if you can. Theres no point being negative and de-railing a thread because you don't agree with someone elses choices...

I don't get the fuss... Taking a 185HP diesel, remapping, and changing the exhaust for a custom made stainless one without a DPF, is all he has done. And that has the car at a comfortable 210HP... They are perfectly acceptable, and common modifications. Nobody cares if you think it is "barry" to put a custom exhaust on a diesel, the simple fact of the matter is, that you are wrong...
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lol 210hp is plenty. In fact my old 170ps diesel was enough - I agree with you.

Don't think removing the DPF is the answer (I can't help with the problem). When I had my diesel it would regen at a variety of times, usually on the way home from work (roughly once every 2 weeks or so). The best thing you can do is just let it do it's thing and regen, and not turning the car off in the process.

DPF is a complete non issue providing you do the right sort of driving (i.e. mainly 50mph+).
 
iaind said:
I absolutely loathe the "he/I didn't ask for opinions on xxxxx" stuff that people are so keen to spout. If you want technical facts, go read a Haynes manual. It's a discussion forum, if people want to express an opinion then they're welcome to so long as it's polite. The only responses which have been less than polite have been your own and OPs.

If nobody cares about my opinion that it's a bit Barry then how can it be wrong? It's hilarious that you are so quick to jump to tell me that it's an opinion then, in the same sentence, say that I'm wrong. Opinions are never right are wrong - it's just your opinion that it's not Barry. And that's lovely, you're welcome to that opinion and I'm welcome to mine.
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Got it, you're just a bit special. :)
 
Because your opinion is insulting to the OP who has asked for help? How can you not see that? :confused:

Why bother posting if you have nothing nice or constructive to say?

Not to mention the fact that none of the modifications he has made are "barry", but you and others insist on calling them that... I don't think you understand what the term is taken to mean...
 
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Saying "what you've done is a bit pointless and may well be the cause of this problem" is more helpful than you being offended on his behalf and calling names ;)

OP is a big boy, if he doesn't like those opinions then he can just ignore them. It didn't get silly until you jumped in feeling that there needed to be an argument about those opinions.
 
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