So I got out some tools to fix the problem and make it fit.Īfter about a hour and half of bending, trimming, and drilling I managed to get it to fit properly.įinally sitting flush.
The shelf portion of the baffle was also shaped wrong.Īt that point I did not have time to have it fixed again for a 2nd time. So the insert could not sit flush on the edges. The edges that laid in the pan were much better, but still off as you can see. In this photos you can see that the holes were off. And it still had some weird fitment issues. I spoke with the vendor and they took it back, and said they would get it redone and built right.Īfter a week, I got it back. So I did not wanna take the chance and spend the extra cash for something that may not fit right. Years ago people would just replace it with the upgraded oil pan, which also had fitment problems. I should of known that this would happen, because no one had ever installed one, and there were no instructions or information about them online.
#Mazda protege car sounds like no muffler install#
In order to install the oil [an baffle, the factory baffle has to be removed.Īgain my friends at Atlanta Speed Company took care of me and I got the oe oil pan baffle removed.Īs you can see in the photo, the baffle appeared to be made incorrectly. You can see in the oil pan that there is not any sort of baffle in the lower pan to keep the oil centered by the oil pickup. You can see the trap door that keeps oil from going back away from the oil pickup. I wanted to keep a budget so I opted to go with a oil baffle insert that just lays inside of the oil pan. The best way to resolve the problem is to either replace the pan with one of the few aftermarket oil pans that comes with an improved baffle setup to help. The oil baffle system on the Mazda FS, is not built for any sort of spirited driving. The next thing was correcting the oil starvation issue these motors are plagued with. And it seems to have made my slight 3rd gear grind a little smoother, but doing the shift linkage bushings, short shifter may have had something to do with it as well. Most people swear by the Redline MT-90 Gear oil, so I gave it a shot. But I had no idea when the last time it had been serviced. Next was the gear oil, It did not look or smell as bad as I thought it would. Kit even came with a spacer for the exhaust heat shield. The kit fit good, and made a huge difference in shift throw. But no luck, so I found a Razo short shift kit on eBay for a decent price. I searched for weeks to find a old TWM short shifter. New Corksport bronze oil shifter bushing kit Shifter linkage bolt and bushing out of the linkage. It did not work, and I ended up cutting off the head of the bolt from the inside and knocking it out that way. But I did it the wrong way, and tried to shave the top and knock it out. You are supposed to drill it out from the inside.
The second part of the kit has comes with the bushings and bolt for the shifter linkage side. Rubber and Corksport bronze oil bushings. Old bushings in transmission side of the linkage.
Most FWD Mazdas have long throw shifters, and one of the weak spots is the rubber bushings in the shift linkage, so its a must to replace them. But with the time frame and cost, we had to knock the most important parts out.Ĭorksport is one of the few vendors still making parts for the P5 Chassis. The car has 290k miles on it, so in the long term I want to have every bushing replaced. The last few things we did to the car ended up being the most important, and most crucial. But we have been working on the Mazda as time allows, and we have plenty of progress to show. Sorry for the lack of updates, we have been busy getting ready for our show in July.
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