Hi everyone, hope you guys can help.Looking at purchasing 2008 CX7 and have read lots from American sites about the CX's problems but can't seem to find any British sites specific to the CX7 so thinking its almost the same animal as you guys with 3 & 6 MPS's can you tell me what to look/check for on a 2008 65000 mile CX7 .Also if its not smoking and the vvt sounds okay what can I do to prevent any future problems ie banjo bolt and change to 5W 30.Also do you have any plans to start a CX7 section ?.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give

My lass has a cx7 too. Great cars. Smoking exhaust on idle for 10mins. Not sure about the rest! Tracking possibly and ours needed a new abs sensor before we bought it.

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To do: keep it on the road.

I know someone on here owns a cx7 so hopefully they be along. Im no expert to help you out. And as for a cx7 section its a good idea.

Also welcome along

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Wisseco pistons, Manley h beam rods, Arp main stud kit, Arp head stud kit, Fidanza ali flywheel, Cpe Balance shaft delete, Damond Egr delete kit, Inlet manifold butterfly delete, Coolent bypass, Cpe injector seals, Htp 3" intake, Aem cone filter, Bnr stage4 turbocharger, Grimspeed 3port bcs, Bosch 3bar map sensor, Ngk 1 step colder, 3" catless downpipe, 2nd decat delete, Cxracing custom pipes, Treadstone tr8 fmic, Sure short shift kit, Mme solid shifter bushes, Custom 676g gear knob, Xspower manifold, Devils own meth injection, Forge recirc valve, Autotech hpfp, Jbr thermal intake gasket, Hel stainless lines, Rear defuser, jbr air dam, Mk2 alloys, Versatuner.

Lol, Gronow

read the post above yours

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MPS KILL COUNT
1 MK1 3. twice
1 six

now driving a German whip

Mk5 r32

ita all about the noise.

Haha it was posted around same time lmao

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Wisseco pistons, Manley h beam rods, Arp main stud kit, Arp head stud kit, Fidanza ali flywheel, Cpe Balance shaft delete, Damond Egr delete kit, Inlet manifold butterfly delete, Coolent bypass, Cpe injector seals, Htp 3" intake, Aem cone filter, Bnr stage4 turbocharger, Grimspeed 3port bcs, Bosch 3bar map sensor, Ngk 1 step colder, 3" catless downpipe, 2nd decat delete, Cxracing custom pipes, Treadstone tr8 fmic, Sure short shift kit, Mme solid shifter bushes, Custom 676g gear knob, Xspower manifold, Devils own meth injection, Forge recirc valve, Autotech hpfp, Jbr thermal intake gasket, Hel stainless lines, Rear defuser, jbr air dam, Mk2 alloys, Versatuner.

mate.
I'm sure there will be a CX-7 section soon enough seeing as we share engines.

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Hi &

Add ABS sensor to your list and sounds as though you've got most covered.

Just to help a little, we tend to find that same issues crop up between Mazdaspeed's and the MPS such as turbo seals and VVT like you have mentioned. So anything they say about the CX7 I would take on board too.

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ZZB March 2013 :(

Good idea to change oil to 5w40 or 10w40 next time. Suitable for the MPS engine of course.

Hi & to the MPSOC