NOVA: Zs & Coffee - Starbucks every Saturday @ 10AM

shadoquad · 10-28-2010, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tooohip

Lame *** excuse dude! You don't need the Mazda to drive the Z to Columbia!

Well, if the light was just a "loose gas cap", I'm there. But the engine was sputtering. That's usually not a good sign.

TROOPER · 10-28-2010, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Well, if the light was just a "loose gas cap", I'm there. But the engine was sputtering. That's usually not a good sign.

Oh that's simple.. you must have the same muffler bearing issue as Frank

tooohip · 10-28-2010, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Well, if the light was just a "loose gas cap", I'm there. But the engine was sputtering. That's usually not a good sign.

LOL... stooopid Mazda!

GM_Traitor3.5 · 10-28-2010, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Well, if the light was just a "loose gas cap", I'm there. But the engine was sputtering. That's usually not a good sign.

You got the 4-banger or the V6? Hopefully its simple like a MAF sensor or just a bad ignition coil.

shadoquad · 10-28-2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by GM_Traitor3.5

You got the 4-banger or the V6? Hopefully its simple like a MAF sensor or just a bad ignition coil.

I've got the V6, and the last time it was an ignition coil. Cost me a ton to fix.

GM_Traitor3.5 · 10-29-2010, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

I've got the V6, and the last time it was an ignition coil. Cost me a ton to fix.

These are the times where it's good to invest in a decent OBD-II scan tool so you can pull the MIL codes yourself. Hope it's nothing too expensive man.

shadoquad · 10-29-2010, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Jessobear

Can't make it this weekend (Vegas!) but I'd definitely like to come next weekend. Just picked up a white Touring Sport 6MT and I'd like to see what some other people have done to their cars first hand. I live in NW DC.

Next week, I believe we are in Fairfax. Hope to see you there!

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Originally Posted by GM_Traitor3.5

These are the times where it's good to invest in a decent OBD-II scan tool so you can pull the MIL codes yourself. Hope it's nothing too expensive man.

My folks have one. I'm going to borrow it from them tomorrow. In the meantime I had to drive the Z to work today (oh noes).

GM_Traitor3.5 · 10-29-2010, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

My folks have one. I'm going to borrow it from them tomorrow. In the meantime I had to drive the Z to work today (oh noes).

Good to hear bud. Wow... what a shame to drive the Z into work LMAO.

Be sure to say hello to your parents tomorrow like this:

shadoquad · 10-29-2010, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by GM_Traitor3.5

Good to hear bud. Wow... what a shame to drive the Z into work LMAO.

Be sure to say hello to your parents tomorrow like this:

s0ftimage · 10-29-2010, 04:54 PM

who is going to the meet
tomorrow?

And who is coming in costume?
my car and i are coming dressed up
as Zebras! (hah hah). stupid
halloween joke

Jessobear · 10-29-2010, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GM_Traitor3.5

These are the times where it's good to invest in a decent OBD-II scan tool so you can pull the MIL codes yourself. Hope it's nothing too expensive man.

You can buy cheap ones for as little as around $30. The real question is whether or not it works with the 370Z? I have one that I used on my '00 Celica, but it didn't work on my '07 Saab 9-3. But the Saab used some proprietary bizarre interface, so I'm sure that's what the issue was. If you're still in need of a scan tool next weekend, I'll bring mine along. I'm curious to see if it works.

All it does is pull codes. There are also expensive (~$250) scanners that can read the ECU telemetry in real time. These are particularly useful if you're trying to tune a piggyback ECU, since it allows you to look at fuel trims.

s0ftimage · 10-29-2010, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jessobear

You can buy cheap ones for as little as around $30. The real question is whether or not it works with the 370Z? I have one that I used on my '00 Celica, but it didn't work on my '07 Saab 9-3. But the Saab used some proprietary bizarre interface, so I'm sure that's what the issue was. If you're still in need of a scan tool next weekend, I'll bring mine along. I'm curious to see if it works.

All it does is pull codes. There are also expensive (~$250) scanners that can read the ECU telemetry in real time. These are particularly useful if you're trying to tune a piggyback ECU, since it allows you to look at fuel trims.

A code scanner is on my list of wants.

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