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Session 14 - 11:20am check in.
See you there. Think you can get your time within 10 seconds of mine this time???
:-D
Regards,
Pete
My Pro LX is still in the 17K range. Cold out and not driving much. Love the cast iron block, it holds heat a long time. I had dinner at a Red Lobster on a cold night -- was there 90 minutes. Came out and my temp gauge went right to 9 o'clock, plenty of heat.
fowler3
71K Kms / 44 miles and still great!
Dinu
I drove to Deleware a couple weeks ago. You are supposed to have keep your headlights on during the day there. So I turn on the headlighs of my 99 Protege ES. After a while I get tired and pull over in an empty parking lot,turn the car off and lay back and take a nap. A 1/2 hour later I wake up and turn the key. Nothing! I had left the headlights on. Luckily there was a kid in a car nearby yacking on his cell phone. He gave me a jump and I was on my way. So I am thinking that leaving the headlights on for only a 1/2 hour is too short a time for a battery to go dead. So, I am looking to get a new battery for my 4 and 1/2 year old Pro. Anyone have any recommendations for which is the best replacement battery for my pro? What size does it take anyway? Thanks!!
Rob
For a less expensive, but still very high quality battery, I'd recommend DieHard Gold from Sears.
the battery dealers should have computer nearby that'll find you the exact battery size/type the Protege needs.
good luck :-)
maybe it's time for me to consider a replacement battery for my Pro as well now...
I hope that I don't double post this message too! Seems to me the posting procedure has changed since I first got my Pro and I was on this board all the time.
The best thing to do to reload the page after posting is to use the "Recent Msgs" link on the page bar.
At the time I thought it was the greatest idea. Then it just seemed to disappear. But I still think it's a great idea for the occasional slip up.
I was off for a couple of weeks during the holidays (no Internet at home), and then -- one day before having to return to work -- came down with that wonderful flu that's going around the country. And yep, I DID have my flu (and pneumonia) shot back in November. I was in the hospital for half a day having 3 liters of fluid put back into me intravenously, and then spent a week in bed.
But here I am, back and healthy again! And Zoomster (er, my 2000 ES 5-speed for the newbies to the discussion) has 69,000 trouble-free miles under his (timing) belt.
So, what's up everyone?
Meade
I'm glad to hear you've recovered, even under the tender care of Tammy, who's led us to believe you'd been done-in.
Aside from that, feeling like I need to wash my Protege. Poor thing has salt, mud and paper pulp (from the recycling place I drop off my used cardboard at) all over it. But it's too freaking cold!
I refuse to wash anytime under freezing. You never know where that water will get and freeze and pop something.
The P5 is white right now. The whole darn thing, roof and all. Travelling with trucks splashing the salt and everything all over. I hate to even touch it right now. Maybe by Tuesday it will break freezing again and I can wash it.
I checked in my Haynes service manual which says that 1995 and later 1.5L engines use a adjustment shim between the camshaft and valve. I showed this to the service advisor who checked again with a technician and came back saying that the valves do not need to be checked/adjusted, that the Haynes manual is wrong.
Anyone else have the 1.5L engine. Have you had the valves adjusted?
Ted
Boggse, how would I tell if I have a "B" series Engine? The car was bought new in Canada. Is there any way to tell without taking off the valve cover what type of lifters I have?
Got my 6 CDs loaded and a full tank of gas, so unless nature calls, I'll make the run non-stop at around midnight.
Catch you all Monday.
God forbid department:
Reading about batteries reminded me of a past experience. A co-worker picked up her car after the dealer serviced it and drove to work. A few minutes after leaving it in the company parking lot the engine compartment was on fire.
I saw smoke coming from under the hood and called the fire department (this was before 911). My cubical had a view of the parking lot. Other co-workers took a fire extinguisher and tried to douse the fire without success.
The firefighters arrived and put on their hazzard suits with masks and oxygin bottles before tackling the fire. One of them told me later, "If a car is on fire do not try to put it out yourself. Sticking your head under the hood the battery could explode throwing acid in your face and blinding you for life. If the fire is hot enough the battery acid starts to boil."
Keep this in mind if it ever happens to you -- call for help or let it burn.
A short time after that incident I was in a small shopping center when a car near where I was parked caught fire in the passenger compartment. (NO it was not my fault.) The owner came running out of the store with a fire extinguisher, opened the driver's side door and started to go headfirst into it with the extinguisher. I took it away from him and sprayed from a safe distance, warning him about the danger. He had left a cigarette burning in the ash tray, it fell on the carpeting and the whole front cockpit was in flames in less than five minutes. The dash melted and was sagging down, the seats and headliner were on fire too.
When burning, car plastics give off toxic fumes that can be fatal if inhaled. This is why carrying a fire extinguisher in your car is false insurance and can lead you to take dangerous risks.
fowler3
Thanks for the advice. Plastics are nasty when they burn, more so with the fire retardants they put into them (they slow the start, but actually make the fumes more toxic if the plastics that contain them do start burning).
Yes, something did change. I think it was in "My Preferences" that the subscriptions were listed, but they are no longer there.
(1) P0171 - Fuel Trim System Lean Bank 1;
(2) P0455 - Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (gross leak/no flow).
I'm not so sure what exactly these two codes mean, but I noticed that a few weeks ago there was a discussion regarding code P0171 (failing MAS). In message # 1881 mazdafun specifically mentioned a recall on some 1.6L models affected (99-00 DX and LX models). Does this recall also apply to 99 ES 1.8L model? Would these problems (mainly about emissions) still be covered under warranty?
Can I still temporarily drive the car while trying to contact a dealership to take a look of the problems?
the 'B' (aka busy traffic) schedule calls for 5000 oil change intervals.
Paying more doesn't get you a better car, just more expensive repairs and service charges. A Mercedes S500 buyer complains about cheap leather in his car. A Lexus LS owner complains about stains on his leather seats. An Avalon owner complains about bad paint. And on the Lexus board they are discussing buying Bridgestone tires.
Most of the posts read like here. You have to remind yourself which board you are on. LOL!
Here's one post you should read, #2811, on the Toyota Avalon board. The poster is an arbatrator explaining the process in Lemon Law cases. Read it for information, not that Mazda3 owners need it, but what constitutes a legitament complaint.
fowler3
I bought the JDM Sport20 front bumper/MP3 side skirts/rear skirt for my car and had it installed (call me r1ce or whatever you want):
Then...this past Monday, I was rear ended...AGAIN. Twice in the past two years. The roads were wet and my car was struck in the rear by a Dodge Intrepid. Hardly any damage to rear except for cracked paint and my newly added rear skirt:
TUESDAY (Day after rear ender, car was still drivable, or so I thought):
My car caught fire. The car stalled out in the middie of the road and all electricals went out. I let the car coast to a stop. Soon, smoke started pouring out the hood...then flames! Fire department put out the fire and it was towed to the local Mazda dealer for insurance to appraise.
Apparantly, when I was rear ended, it caused my(aftermarket Optima) battery to move backwards just enough for the positive terminal to come in contact with the metal battery tie down causing a short in the electrical system.
These used to be my STEEL brake lines:
What a week. I'm now in a 02 Focus rental car. It's not all that bad. I kinda like the handling dynamics of the car.
The lady's insurance is covering the rear end damage, and my insurance is covering the fire damage under comprehensive. I don't know why it's like that but that's what they told me.
I have a feeling the car's going to be out of comission for a while.
(The Sport 20 kit looks cool, though.
They really think they're going to be able to restore your insides?
I miss my car.
Here's hoping you get your baby (lookin' good BTW) back soon.
Good luck in getting everything back to normal.
Meinrad, thanks for the compliment. Just about when my car is looking the way I've always wanted it to, it had to get hit. I guess that's the way life goes sometimes.
Your Pro looks terrific!! I'm sure you miss it, you made it the best Pro on the road. I still think the Pro is a better looking car than the Mazda3. All it needs are some "upgrades" similar to what you did.
fowler3
Now, if my Protege caught on fire, there are not too many new ones left to choose from and they are not building them anymore.
I consider my Protege irreplaceable.
Hopefully I'll get my Pro back soon.
I don't know.
just want to post a GOOD testimonial to let the casual readers realize that MOST people are having great experiences with Proteges, and are enjoying it offline, and that only those with problems will post on forums such as this one.