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Hey guys! My Protege5 has been stored in my garage for a good 9 months now. Never had problems prior to when it was stored. I thought everything was good until the belt was making a 3 second whining sound. Then I spotted a small drips of brownish oil. I was trying to locate the source but it was...

Just wondering does it matter what kind of car battery I'm able to replace it with? I was told it really doesn't matter as long as its not one of those SUV/Mini van (larger) batteries. I found a car battery on kijiji that came off a civic, he was telling me that it will not fit in the Protege 5...

Hey guys! I've owned this car for awhile now. Bought a new car and basically stored my Protege5 in the garage. Been awhile since it started and it never really had any problems before until now. Anyways, obviously I knew the battery would be dead. So I charged that, waited for a bit and as soon...

Pulled up my e brake and I heard something snapped, i assumed it would be the cable. I've been using first gear to park, but sketched out parking up hill. It tends to roll back without the e brake on even with first gear \ reverse. Hence the fact my drive way is up hill, it sucks i have to park...

My luck, I was just cruising on the highway and manage to hit a raccoon which cracked my passenger fog light. Got those replaced then guess what a few weeks later I left my car in the parking lot, came back and noticed that my driver side fog light have a huge crack. I find this quite annoying...

Hey guys, I know there's a bunch of Hid problem threads, but I can't seem to find the answer. Anyways I just installed my 6000k Xenon HID kit and I'm loving it. The only problem that I came across is when I start my car with my ebrake up, then putting the ebrake down realizing my daytime...

Hey guys, I recently got a good deal on 6000k HID. Anyways after work, I pop up the hood and planned out the installation. Easy yes, but then I realize that I needed a adapter so I can properly clip the bulbs in. This kit didn't come with it :( Anyways, I noticed it also came with a rubber...

Hey guys, I recently just purchased new 17" Enkei Sr6 and it would look so good on my P5. Right now I'm looking around for tires. The recommended size for the rim is apparently 205/45R17. Someone else told me to go for 205/50R17 so it would reduce the gap. Would this even matter? Eventually I'll...

As the warmer weather approaches, I'm looking into purchasing new rims. Now my question is, if I were to purchase 17's (stock is 16's) will I'll able to direct fit it without worrying if it touches my struts or fenders? I also live near the Toronto region and was wondering what would be a good...

Hey, basically I'm running on 205/55/r16 at the moment. I also have a set of 205/60/r16 winter rims / tires sitting in my garage that used to be for my Mazda 6 when I had it back then. I wonder if I'm able to fit those without causing any problems considering it would be less room in the wheel...

I bought my 2002 Mazda Protege5 5speed not too long ago and loving it. Everything works fine except that when I shift gears, it has a little resistance but it is still drive-able. It doesn't squeak or anything. I know I have so much to learn considering this is my first car. Any ideas what to...

My buddy of mine had a spare muffler and gave it to me. I believe it was a inlet diameter of 3 inch. I'm sure that the stock inlet pipe measurement is way smaller in diameter. I believe it maybe around 2 inch? I can't remember. I remember going on ebay and I found the same muffler, and it did...

I have some slight rust problems on my mazda protege 5. So i stripped the paint, add body filler, sand it so it has a smooth contour. Now my question is what kind of primer do I use? ( like grey .. white .. ) . I really want to match the color as close as possible. I was told if i use grey, it...

It was just recent that I took the car to work. I cranked up the heater, then a few minutes later I've noticed this weird nasty smell coming out of the vent. I turned the heater off, then put it back on and still the same problem after a few minutes later. I went outside and i noticed the smell...