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Ok, I went back to mess with it some more: I did a battery disconnect to reset the computer or whatever, and then the idle went to normal on start, starting at 2k and going back down to <1k quickly. But not so fast, after about half a min it started gradually creeping back up again. I kept it...

Ok, hit first snag on the "good" engine. But first a further disclosure on my car: it met with a pole near the lower A-pillar, right behind the wheel, scrunching the body inward there and the sidewall some. It did angle the strut tower a bit towards the engine, but nothing touches and no fluids...

Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I pondered on it some more, and maybe the best start is to try detaching the engine/trans in my heap before committing to anything. That way at least won't end up with 2 broken cars right away, and hopeful the protege5 and sedan use same...

I post a topic at the Protege5 forum about this, but since it involves swapping from a sedan it might be best to ask for advice at both places: https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123862776-Engine-Transaxle-Swap&p=6558644#post6558644 tl;dr: transaxle from protege lx into a protege5...

Hope you guys and gals could help with an interesting problem. Currently I own a 2003 Protege LX manual with some $$ issues but a good engine/trans, and I have the opportunity to buy a 2002 Protege5 manual with a bad engine for not much $. So I figure I could do a transplant from the LX to the...