Recent content by 2000MAZPro

Yea that's not a bad idea....I have a feeling they will just tell me to bring my car in, run a bunch of tests, charge me a money and still not know what's wrong!

Yea, and from what I could tell it looked fine. Does this car have a MAP sensor? I think it's strange that there seems to be such conflicting information on this! Thanks for responding!

Hey everyone, I know this has come up a few times on the forum but nobody seems to have an answer for this cel code. Last year this code would pop up on my car when it was wet or Cold out, but then go away quickly when things warmed up. Over the course of the winter it came on and then never...

2000 protege 1.8 no problems 175 000 km right now in the spring im getting about 9L/100km. In the winter it will be around 12-13L/100km, and in the summer with more highway driving I can get it down to under 7L/100km. Location: Alberta

i had a similar issue and it turned out to be spark plug wires.

hey my cat went out on my 2000 protege..i solved the problem by buying a new cat off ebay for $100 and installed it myself. It was fairly easy to change, only took 2 hours or so. The only thing I needed was a new gasket for the spot where the cat and the manifold connect, which i got at the...

great thanks for the info..so am I safe to assume the my protege has a sucky fiber gasket? thanks again

im not sure if this has come up here yet, though i'm sure it has and i just could find it..if sorry sorry for repeating..but what are the chances of taking the EGR off without damaging the gasket? I want to to this asap but should i buy a gasket first? thanks!

not bad..aamco has a promo on for a free engine/transmission check right now.

what did that cost? I think i'd rather pay more to avoid canadian tire!!

there are 2 o2 sensors, other than that i cant be much help..sorry...but my car was doing the same thing and it ended up being a misfire casued by bad sparkplugs and wires, and that ended up wrecking my catalytic converter, which made me really happy lol.

good answer

Just wondering if anyone has a good place to get my engine scanned so i can fix this CEL issue. I'll probably just end up going to fountaintire for $80, but if anyone knows of a better place that doesn't charge so much for doing basically nothing let me know! Thanks a lot.

ok, so ur willing to sell the cat? How much do u want for it?

is this what ur talking about? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAZDA-Protege-1999-2003-Manifold-Catalytic-Converter_W0QQitemZ180325683628QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090203?IMSfp=TL090203159011r9996#ShippingPayment Anyone ordered parts from ebay before?