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i had some heat.. but it would take like 20mins at least to defrost my windows and such lol maybe just the thermostat gasket?

Alright I guess its a B8.. but it is labelled as BP01 whatever that means.. i so wish i had got a DOHC tho.. and theres no sense in swapping now..

it says BP01 right on the head below the spark plug wells

no single and shaky

mine is a bp01 i dont think its the engine that originally came with it..

Yo Justin H.. is your car an Automatic?? if so we have like the same car.. i think mine is at about 180 in miles.. question: did u ever have a problem with a rough idle at when you were stopped and had the brake down all the way?? if so how did u rid of it?

is this a cheap thing to get done? or possible to do by yourself.. i know u gotta do a flush and maybe check the thermostat i had not hot heat during the winter as well..

Seafoam! Put that a day or two before your next oil change.. put some in your crankcase and put some in your gas tank as well.. that rid of the tapping for me and then when u put in new oil put some oil stabilizer like lucas in.

my a/c light turns on.. and air comes out.. but its not much cold does that mean i have to get it serviced.. like get the freon replaced?

I have a 93 protege also 1.8l sohc my motor might be soon crapping out as the compression in 1 cylinder is 120 and over 170 in all the others.. and im thinking of putting in a DOHC engine if possible.. figure i might be able to get a used good one and make the swap for less than a...

it likely wasnt oil but carbon buildup.. which would melt when the car got warm and looked like oil.. i got my problem fixed with a can of CCC sprayed it through the vacuum in the intake my intake valve was not functioning correctly.. and i had compression of 175 120 175 175 so the...

what do u mean?? an engine that has 263,000km on it?? cuz my engine doesnt look nearly as bad as the one on the pic, but it is a SOHC i took out the vacuum hose that goes to the side of it and the hole there was pretty gunked up.. kinda tried to clean it out with a q-tip but id have to...

i still have to drive the car today.. about 14 miles each way on the highway.. hope its alright tomorrow ill take it in for a look im kinda worried cuz under the oil cap smells like gas, but dipstcik doesnt and oil level is fine.. i had people tell me this is normal on mazda...

hello.. My car is in running shape.. with a great body and all working power features that pic is just to 'REFERENCE' waht ive had trouble explaining.. that engine had like 350,000km mine is at 260right now

почему будет масло мотора протекая от того болта на задней части коллектора? http://img215.echo.cx/img215/8325/problemreference93sohc3tx.jpg is dit met betrekking tot een belangrijk probleem met de motor?? haha.. too much language class today.. BUT ya.. Can u tell me what might be...