Hey man I have a 2005 Mazda 3 hatchback with 144,000 and I thing it’s needing replaced😢. do you remember where you bought the friction washers and bolts. I have found kits but they don’t have new friction washers or bolts and thanks for these videos 👍 sorry I’m late lol just got the car Friday lol
I bought all the stuff online from a mazda parts website by just selecting the parts I needed. This was years ago but I was able to buy everything separately, no kit or anything. If you want to pick up local, try asking your dealer to price match what you find online. Good luck man
It didn't actually fail completely, but I replaced mine at ~58000 miles. There wasn't any visible damage on the one I pulled out, but the failure happens internally and it was definitely the older version so I replaced the VVT and all the timing components just to be sure. If it fails completely then your engine will likely destroy itself as it's an interference engine. Don't wait until it fails. The TSB extended the warranty out to 70000 miles/7 years for the VVT but some people saw actual failure and engine destruction at half that mileage.
Many thanks. I wonder is there a way to tell if car has the newer version fitted? I read something about a heat treatment hot spot on the cap on new version ?
+X Plane Yes there is a visible heat treated spot and the housing should have the letter "C" on it. Go to the link in the video description and scroll down a bit, I put a picture of the new part with the letter and the spot.
Hey man I have a 2005 Mazda 3 hatchback with 144,000 and I thing it’s needing replaced😢. do you remember where you bought the friction washers and bolts. I have found kits but they don’t have new friction washers or bolts and thanks for these videos 👍 sorry I’m late lol just got the car Friday lol
I bought all the stuff online from a mazda parts website by just selecting the parts I needed. This was years ago but I was able to buy everything separately, no kit or anything. If you want to pick up local, try asking your dealer to price match what you find online. Good luck man
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At what mileage did your VVT Actuator fail?
It didn't actually fail completely, but I replaced mine at ~58000 miles. There wasn't any visible damage on the one I pulled out, but the failure happens internally and it was definitely the older version so I replaced the VVT and all the timing components just to be sure.
If it fails completely then your engine will likely destroy itself as it's an interference engine. Don't wait until it fails. The TSB extended the warranty out to 70000 miles/7 years for the VVT but some people saw actual failure and engine destruction at half that mileage.
Many thanks. I wonder is there a way to tell if car has the newer version fitted? I read something about a heat treatment hot spot on the cap on new version ?
+X Plane Yes there is a visible heat treated spot and the housing should have the letter "C" on it. Go to the link in the video description and scroll down a bit, I put a picture of the new part with the letter and the spot.
Govanification cheers man 👍