Hi John THanks for the tips! What specifically should i be checking for around the dizzy cap etc? And is there anyway to test the other components or narrow...
Hi Gary.. As far as the dizzy cap and rotor arm go... just make shure the contacts are clean, and there is no tracking inside the cap (black lines) if they...
Ok Thanks John. I was wondering if anyone else had had a similar experience. It was definitely caused by the mileage adjustment, because everything was all...
Hi Richard, Without checking, I would say any good quality semi or fully synthetic 10W40 oil.. only ever use a genuine Mazda filter, as they have a special...
I would imagine most dealers would post parts out, if you don't live near one... You can get pattern parts from most motor factors, but for the oil filter,...
... <SNIP>only ever use a genuine Mazda filter, as they have a ... Do you know what this valve actually _does_? :-) If the garage who did the last service...
That particular valve controls the amount of petrol fumes coming from the tank, going through the charcoal canister, and into the air intake to be burnt.. As...
Sorry about double posting, I just managed to dig out my owners handbook for my '99 2.0 litre, which recommends 10W-30 oil of API-SG grade or better. (Unless...
Hi After warming up the engine usually idles at around 500rpm, but recently it sometimes jumps to between 1000 & 1500. Also I thought the engine was misfiring,...
Hi Iain, and welcome to the club.. Classic symptoms of a maladjusted or faulty TPS sensor on the throttle body.. other items to check are: Water temp...
Hi Paul.... Ah.. an easy one.. :-) lift the hatch... look at the side of the light unit and you should see a single screw at the top... remove it, and the...
Cheers John that's what I thought. There are two screws in the side of my units, having undone these the boot side of the unit was free but the body side...
Glad it's working again Iain, But I think it's just a coincidence... Changing the leads wouldn't cure that problem. or in other words... bad leads wouldn't...
Seems to be a transmission problem in that it accellerates from a standstill with a series of 'hesitations', then becomes normal, but will not upshift to drive...
Hi Saul. The problem here is there are many reasons why the ATX box would play up.. Most problems can down to the ATX fluid level or condition... should be a...
If anyone else is not receiving Yahoo groups mail and is with BT this is why. Paul, Thank you for your enquiry. We are aware that there is a problem with Yahoo...
... <SNIP> ... about this. Or, since the idle gets can't be bothered to get off their backsides and help sort out a problem for one of their customers, perhaps...
Hopefully someone here will be able to help. I recently bought a 1993 K- registered 626 as a non-runner. The car had been diagnosed with a distributor failure...
Hi Bill, and welcome to the club.. It's possible the timing is out... and I should be able to help you sort this.. It's late, and I'm tired.... got Flu, and...
Still feeling bad. but on the mend :-) Thanks for the king words guys.. Anyway, you need to remove the dizzy. set the no1 cyl to TDC, line up the marks on the...
... diagram ... Hi John, Thanks very much for your help. I will get back to the job in hand later today and report what I find, certainly looks like I now have...
Latest update on my sickly 626. Armed with the information John kindly sent, I checked and re-set the timing. I'm not sure how, but the timing came into spec...
Hi Bill.. Did you disconnect the battery AFTER you redid the timing?? if not, disconnect and press the brake pedal for 10 seconds.. in fact, do it anyway.. ...
