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Its fixed Today I bought some more fuses then disconnected the battery and removed the front and rear consoles for a visual inspection. Eew! Got the shop vac and cleaned out a lot of accumulated junk. Crawled under the dash with a trouble light and did not see anything that looked like it...

Yesterday my 1997 Protege with about 97000 km. on the clock was used to go to a local restaurant. After lunch the engine started ok, auto trans stuck in park so called Good Sam emergency towing service. The tow service guy got the transaxle unstuck by inserting an allen key in the little hatch...

OK, not everyone has a a friendly retired heavy duty mechanic with a garage full of tools as a neighbor so here is a possible plan B. After mucking around with another problem on this car for a long time I found the whole engine shop manual downloadable for free from an internet site. Sorry...

Not sure about the 1600 but a neighbor's impact wrench and 200 feet of air hose to his compressor did the job on my 1500 last year. The bolt came off right at the shop manual's torque setting. Put it back on after replacing the timing belt etc. with the same tool and Loctite. The 1500 does...

Problem solved. The problem was the fuel pressure regulator. The front oxygen sensor was coated with carbon so of course failed. A new fuel pressure regulator with new efi hose and efi clamps solved the problem. Well the other stuff i.e. timing belt, plugs, ignition components, etc were just...

Oops That should have been 91000 kilometers not 9100!

1997 Protege 1500, 9100 km on the clock. OK, it took over a year but my wife's car is finally running properly. Originally it came home with the check engine light on and reeking of gasoline. Borrowed a friends code reader and it showed a p1170 code. Replaced the timing belt and drive belts...

Carbon Thank you for the reply. Its never had an oil consumption problem but is obviously running way too rich. The shop manual procedure for a P1170 code is Heated oxygen sensor malfunction, open or short in wiring from the O2 sensor to the pcm, Intake air system, fuel system, ignition...

My wife's 1997 Protege SE 1500 gets horribly carbon fouled after a few short trips. 92000 km on the clock, front O2 Sensor replaced (and coated with carbon again!), timing and drive belts replaced and valve timing is dead on. Body is good, everything but the engine works fine. Code P1170 keeps...