TrippleXCA
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- 2002 Mazda Protege 5
New Fuel pump. Now it doesn't start at all.
Yesterday, I bought a Mazda Protege5. Hatch back. Yellow. Very nice looking car.
2 days ago, i took it for a test drive. Loved it. Aside from what I thought was a loud fuel pump?
Everything was working fine.
Yesterday, I went to pick it up after work. Started it up. Just nice!
Got driving on the highway to head home, I noticed that going up a hill. I had very limited power and had to gear all the way down into third (from 5th) just to make it up the hill. Didn't think much of it.
Got home. Picked the girlfriend up. Started it up. And this is where I noticed the problems.
Now that it was good and warm from the drive. On idle, it wanted to stall. I had to keep hitting the gas. But... To little gas, it wanted to stall. To much gas it wanted to stall and bog out. Until it hit a certain rev point, Then snapped out of it. I managed to get it going. Once I was going, it was fine. Until I went to shift into second. It wanted to bog out on me. So I came to the conclusion that I have to rev it high and keep the speed during gear shifting.
So went over to my parents house, to show them the car I just picked up.
Well it stalled on me while I was there. Would not start again. Had to leave it there over night and get a ride home from my parents.
Went back this morning... She fired up on the first turn!
Got driving over to the garage.... Once it heated up. It started again.
The garage ran the codes for CEL. 2 popped up.
o2 Senser
Random misfire
So they assumed the coil packs were going, This would cause the o2 sensor to act up as well.
So I went and got 2 new coil packs and 4 new plugs. By this time, the engine cooled enough that it would start.
With the new plugs and coil packs on, didn't make a lick of difference.
So I decdied to do the EGR Valve trick.
Take it out. Clean it up. Put it all back together.
Now... IT was cold. So it fired right up.
I let it idle for a min. It was quick to stall out.
Now when I hit the gas, its like its working in reverse... When ever I hit the gas, It cuts out and stalls. If I leave it idle. It idles just enough so it doesn't stall, but wants to. Then eventually does. Sounds like its flooding itself maybe?
I have no idea. But I'm tempted to wait until it cools down, then drive it right through this persons living room. that I bought it from.
Yesterday, I bought a Mazda Protege5. Hatch back. Yellow. Very nice looking car.
2 days ago, i took it for a test drive. Loved it. Aside from what I thought was a loud fuel pump?
Everything was working fine.
Yesterday, I went to pick it up after work. Started it up. Just nice!
Got driving on the highway to head home, I noticed that going up a hill. I had very limited power and had to gear all the way down into third (from 5th) just to make it up the hill. Didn't think much of it.
Got home. Picked the girlfriend up. Started it up. And this is where I noticed the problems.
Now that it was good and warm from the drive. On idle, it wanted to stall. I had to keep hitting the gas. But... To little gas, it wanted to stall. To much gas it wanted to stall and bog out. Until it hit a certain rev point, Then snapped out of it. I managed to get it going. Once I was going, it was fine. Until I went to shift into second. It wanted to bog out on me. So I came to the conclusion that I have to rev it high and keep the speed during gear shifting.
So went over to my parents house, to show them the car I just picked up.
Well it stalled on me while I was there. Would not start again. Had to leave it there over night and get a ride home from my parents.
Went back this morning... She fired up on the first turn!
Got driving over to the garage.... Once it heated up. It started again.
The garage ran the codes for CEL. 2 popped up.
o2 Senser
Random misfire
So they assumed the coil packs were going, This would cause the o2 sensor to act up as well.
So I went and got 2 new coil packs and 4 new plugs. By this time, the engine cooled enough that it would start.
With the new plugs and coil packs on, didn't make a lick of difference.
So I decdied to do the EGR Valve trick.
Take it out. Clean it up. Put it all back together.
Now... IT was cold. So it fired right up.
I let it idle for a min. It was quick to stall out.
Now when I hit the gas, its like its working in reverse... When ever I hit the gas, It cuts out and stalls. If I leave it idle. It idles just enough so it doesn't stall, but wants to. Then eventually does. Sounds like its flooding itself maybe?
I have no idea. But I'm tempted to wait until it cools down, then drive it right through this persons living room. that I bought it from.
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