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New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
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Author:  T4NXM [ Tue Oct 21, 2014 10:31 pm ]
Post subject:  New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
Ahoy!

Bought it last week and loving every second of it!
:D

At first I was hesitant to buy it, test drive was mind blowing but discovered a tiny bit of vibration on clutch at biting point while running and changing gears.

A little bit of research pointed towards the ZZB or VVT, so I took one of my local friend who knows pretty much everything about car engines and he confirmed no sign of modification.

Taking it to local Mazda dealership for AC regassing and they'd do a visual check as well . Thinking of doing full servicing from them in future ,dealership did a full as well as 12 months warranty .

Any suggestions for the clutch vibration at biting while driving ? My friend has said it's normal on big engine cars ,my last one was a 1.6 Hyundai coupe .

:cheers:
Author:  Spam man [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
T4NXM wrote:
Taking it to local Mazda dealership for AC regassing

Pointless exercise, the A/C piping on the 6 is awful and very common to crack, so they'll be gassing it into a leak :lol: (thats where my money is on anyway)

For the love of god do NOT take it to the "mps specialist" in newcastle, heres some examples why not...

viewtopic.php?f=64&t=20073
Author:  ShaunyG [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
Welcome to the forum, and yes as Spammy says, stay away from TotalMPS
Author:  ~Divine~Wind~ [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:49 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
Yeah unless they pressure test the ac for leaks before regasaing is not bother tbh mate.

Total mps? General consensus seems to be stay away.

Welcome to the forum :)
Where abouts you from? I'm not far from city centre
Author:  Jim [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 7:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
Welcome to :mpsoc:
Author:  T4NXM [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
SpamFace wrote:
T4NXM wrote:
Taking it to local Mazda dealership for AC regassing

Pointless exercise, the A/C piping on the 6 is awful and very common to crack, so they'll be gassing it into a leak :lol: (thats where my money is on anyway)

For the love of god do NOT take it to the "mps specialist" in newcastle, heres some examples why not...

viewtopic.php?f=64&t=20073


hahaha! I shall stay miles away from these lot on that case! Cheers pal :D
Author:  T4NXM [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
ShaunyG wrote:
Welcome to the forum, and yes as Spammy says, stay away from TotalMPS


Cheers Shaun!
Author:  richie3mps [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
:welcome: along :thumbs:
Author:  T4NXM [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
~Divine~Wind~ wrote:
Yeah unless they pressure test the ac for leaks before regasaing is not bother to be honest mate.

Total mps? General consensus seems to be stay away.

Welcome to the forum :)
Where abouts you from? I'm not far from city centre


Thanks a lot .! I'm from the Shields. :D

Mazda Hodgson at the Silverlink said they'd use UV lights after couple of weeks to check any leak for free, not sure about the pressure check; but I shall mention it!

They also mentioned free sight test and confirm if anything looks odd, fingers crossed!

Bought it from Mainline UK, Gateshead (12 months warranty inc). Where would you recommend for full servicing?

Nice meeting ya pal! :D
Author:  T4NXM [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
richie3mps wrote:
:welcome: along :thumbs:


Thanks :thumbs:
Author:  Test Drives Unltd [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
Hi & :welcome: to the :mpsoc: :thumbs:
Author:  ~Divine~Wind~ [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
Ah nice mate, Warranty too!
I'm always keeping an eye out for ones up here for sale but seen nowt recently, and Im in gateshead, literally round the corner from the place you got it lol
I was thinking of changing from red to black :p Whats the reg? Might be one of the ones I've seen recently.
For servicing I get me brothers mate to do it tbh, reliable guy and decent prices.

If yer looking at getting a service done anytime soon, heres my list:

Engine:
Grade API SL or ACEA A3 / A5 API SL or ACEA A3
Viscosity (SAE) 5W-30 10W-40
Capacity 5.7litre

Gearbox:
Grade API service GL-4 or GL-5
Viscosity SAE 75W-90
Capacity 2.55 litre

Motul 300 £13.99/L
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-899-motul-g ... based.aspx


Transfer Case:
Grade API service GL-5
Capaciy: 1.2l
1.2 litre transmission oil. The transmission oil must comply
with SAE 80 or SAE 90 (API service GL-5) specification.

Rear Diff:
Grade API service GL-5
Viscosity SAE 80W-90
Capacity 1.0 litre

Gulf Gear 80/90 LS
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-60144-gulf- ... l-oil.aspx

Bulbs:
Main beam H1
dipped DS2
Side lights 501
front indicators 581
Fogs H11
Internal and puddle 501

For the engine oil I went with the recommended Shell Helix Ultra 5w40.
Still not done my plugs.
Author:  Kenny [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
Welcome to the forum bud!
Author:  T4NXM [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
richie3mps wrote:
:welcome: along :thumbs:


Thanks mate!
Author:  T4NXM [ Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: New MPS 6 Owner from Newcastle upon Tyne
Test Drives Unltd wrote:
Hi & :welcome: to the :mpsoc: :thumbs:

:cheers:
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