i never said that there is a mazda3 with 2.2l or 3.0 engine... what i have said was "Mazda 2.2L four cylinder and 3.0L V6 engines are at risk for this type of damage (timing belts)" ... but i am so sure that there is a mazda with 2.2 and 3.0 engine with timing belts... coz i just repair them once...
and just wanna let you know that we have very different climate on our places where we are living... our temperature here is reaching 50-56 degree celcius. and i have been experience a lot of timing belts broken in 60,000km in many different kind of cars... i am just letting people who is living here, and to our neighboring GCC country to be aware with this timing belt matter.
i just post those article not for all the people in the world who subscribe this forum, but to those people in gulf who are visiting this sites
and about the unleaded gasoline... well how come that post was wrong, you mean to say that mazda is giving their costumer a false information? that post about unleaded gasoline was in my brand new 2008 model mazda3 maintenance manual... then you said that information was wrong... that,s sad...

 

sorry then.... i apologies, this is my first time in this site maybe i was wrong. i post it in the wrong place...

 

I say this to all that have responded to this or any other threads by users that are not as familiar with the English language or western civilization in general, where most of us here are from:

I believe that because of the communication gap (different languages and cultures) that there have been a number of misunderstandings on this thread. Please give non-English speaking members a chance to become familiar with and get used to our ways, and us to theirs before berating them for no reason.
We are all car people, gear-heads if you wish. We are not at war here. We are a friendly little site where we can exchange ideas and help each other out. get to know how others see their cars and what may or may not be available where they live.

Frankly Nandy, given where you are from and language that must be most familiar to you I am surprised at the command of our language that you do have.

Nandy, what was said was that you had posted this in the wrong forum... in this case the Mazda3 forum instead of the General Tech section where it would have been more appropriate. I decided to leave it that way until a few questions were answered. Perhaps I should have moved it right away. I will take the blame for that.

As you just pointed out, those engines are not available in the 3 series in any country that I am familiar with, but in fact have been in past models. I will move this to Gen Tech.

Also, fuels are rated through different means and the resulting numbers that can be confusing to most of us. I'm sure you have never even heard of 87 octane in your country. Perhaps where you are the higher octane rating equates to our 87. Or perhaps a higher octane is required in your country because of the hot weather and tuning, or emission control differences.
I am not a world traveler w/omni-knowledge and therefore can not say, only guess that is what the differences may be.

I know with the timing advanced on my 2.3L, and the fact that it has been well over 100*F (37.78-40*C) here this summer, that I too have been running a slightly higher grade of fuel to help compensate.

Thank you for your input on the subject of timing belts.

 

Not a problem and completely understandable. It's my fault for not moving it sooner.
Don't worry about it.

 

To me it seems like he may have the wrong information, 2.2l 4- cylinder ? maybe he might be on about the FP Engine? or the old Kl V-6 Engine Just as you said Virgin 1 ,which in that case the belt replacment was 60,000 miles or 54,000 miles depending on the year of the vehicle , As for putting a v6 in a mazda 3 Noooooooooooo, Mazda have not . 2.3L 4 Cylinder is the highest engine cc they produce on the (BK) model Hang about he may be on about the (BL) model ? As Far as im aware they only produced the same engines as the predecesor. Maybe give him benifit of the doubt.

 

thank you... i'm glad you understand...

 

I believe Fiat patented the use of these abominable devices. They should be relegated to bicycles where they would be quiet, less messy, not requiring lube etc.
A colleague of mine lost a timing belt on a Nissan having a +ve clearance engine when he was in the middle of a compression braking downshift. His engine was totally destroyed.
This made such an impression on me that when car shopping, I make a point of finding out if the engine timing is belt driven, and if it has +ve clearance; if both answers are affirmative, then it's no deal.

 

I believe you are correct. At least a Fiat (145 sedan?) was the first vehicle I had ever seen one on. The recommended interval for changing them at the time was every 40k or less. I know of a few that didn't go that far.

BOOM!!!