Protege High Mileage Club

Are the 200K+ miles on the same motor? If so then that's real impressive!

AzteCypher 2001 Protege LX (1.6L) 142,376 miles
 
Yup, that's me. 231K and counting. Original everything on my 2002 P5. Love my car. Will do whatever needs to be done to keep it on the road.
The steering is just as tight as brand new. Going to need a clutch in the distant future.
Drove it at Road Atlanta in Mar, and CMP in Kershaw, SC, in May, through NASA-SE, had a blast.
Only going through a qt every 1K or so.
 
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Did a bit of BS maintenance on mine in order to let my sister drive it for a while. 159k on it right now. We'll see what it has when she's done.
 
1997 Protege DX -- 226K

Starts on first try and drives like new. No transmission work has ever been done, nor is there a hint that it willl need repair any time soon! I baby the car. I drive it like it's sunday everyday.
 
Hi all,

Thank you in advance for your attention, I'm a new member (first post). I have something I'm hoping somebody with more expertise can help me with.

I have a 2002 Protege ES, and a few days ago I started my car (jump start) when it was -30 degrees. It started fine and I disconnected the cables, closed up both cars, tossed the cables back in my car, all while my car was running.

When I returned to my car expecting a nice and toasty car I found a cold, stiff, and dead car. After much advise from friends and family I did the following:

* Pushed the car into my unheated garage (still cold here)
* Put two bottles of "heat" in the gas tank (1/2 full)
* Verified spark by putting screw driver into a plug wire and turning
* Putting a very small shot of starting fluid past the intake
* Verified that when I turn the key I can hear a light buzz/hum that I believe is the fuel pump

I'm now thinking I might buy a propane or electric heater to warm the garage to at least 50 degrees.

I guess my question for you all is; since I've verified spark, and shot some starting fluid (by the way, I've since been warned not to do this again since it's fuel injected), can I assume it's something much worse?

I'm a computer guy, so I'm not very motor-ready, but in my novice mind it seems that if I have spark and I get petro (starting fluid) into the hole (I removed the hose that leads to the engine and sprayed behind the "flipper" that kind of looks like the old-school carb butterfly), I should get at least a sputter or some kind of hint of combustion.

Tomorrow, I may go out for a space heater to see if I can warm things up a bit. But, basically, I'm operating under the assumption that when it was very cold, my fuel line and/or filter froze up. Perhaps when I jumped the car, it had enough to run for a moment but then died.

Any ideas?
 
junkmail said:
Hi all,

Thank you in advance for your attention, I'm a new member (first post). I have something I'm hoping somebody with more expertise can help me with.

I have a 2002 Protege ES, and a few days ago I started my car (jump start) when it was -30 degrees. It started fine and I disconnected the cables, closed up both cars, tossed the cables back in my car, all while my car was running.

When I returned to my car expecting a nice and toasty car I found a cold, stiff, and dead car. After much advise from friends and family I did the following:

* Pushed the car into my unheated garage (still cold here)
* Put two bottles of "heat" in the gas tank (1/2 full)
* Verified spark by putting screw driver into a plug wire and turning
* Putting a very small shot of starting fluid past the intake
* Verified that when I turn the key I can hear a light buzz/hum that I believe is the fuel pump

I'm now thinking I might buy a propane or electric heater to warm the garage to at least 50 degrees.

I guess my question for you all is; since I've verified spark, and shot some starting fluid (by the way, I've since been warned not to do this again since it's fuel injected), can I assume it's something much worse?

I'm a computer guy, so I'm not very motor-ready, but in my novice mind it seems that if I have spark and I get petro (starting fluid) into the hole (I removed the hose that leads to the engine and sprayed behind the "flipper" that kind of looks like the old-school carb butterfly), I should get at least a sputter or some kind of hint of combustion.

Tomorrow, I may go out for a space heater to see if I can warm things up a bit. But, basically, I'm operating under the assumption that when it was very cold, my fuel line and/or filter froze up. Perhaps when I jumped the car, it had enough to run for a moment but then died.

Any ideas?
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this is the wrong thread to post this in. look at the first post in this thread. with this problem copy and paste and go to the "what have you done to your protege today?" thread or start a new one in the third gen section
 
Hit 235K last week :)

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that's awesome! i doubt i'll ever get there (150k now)now that my p5 is relegated to winetr duty...it will probably rust away first! :(
 
200K on the Protege5!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uksi/5399263085/" title="200K on the Protege5 by ilp, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5059/5399263085_3ddd4c0fc8.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="200K on the Protege5" /></a>

Pulled off the highway, just at 200001 to take a photo. Security guy drove by, asked if I needed help, turns out he has a Protege at home!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uksi/5399265343/" title="200K on the Protege5 by ilp, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5399265343_c118677c38.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="200K on the Protege5" /></a>
 
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