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Incidentally, you should not pay more than $ 7500 for this car because I was offered $ 4500 on trade for mine, and it is a 99 model in mint condition. So if you buy this car, plan on keeping it for a long, long time, because the resale value of this vehicle makes Yugo look good.
Has anyone had this happen to them? Do I just have bad coolant temperature sensor?
It turns out I was a bit low on coolant so I added some and fixed the problem. I think I will do the complete coolant flush and change pretty soon...It is probably overdue after 65k that I have on my car. Anyone done this already? What is the best way of doing it?
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You could drain once, fill with water, run the engine until the thermostat opens up, then drain a second time to get even more of the old stuff out, but it's quite a lot more time consuming of course.
Just as a side note, my wife used to have a mid-80's vintage Grand Am with an I-4 (2.5L I think), and it had a nifty arrangement for the thermostat which permitted a sort of self-flush. The thermostat sat inside an easily accessible cylinder connected to the engine with a steel tube, and had a removable cap. All you had to do to was drain everything, fill with water, pull the thermostat, run the engine a bit then drain again, and you ended up with very little coolant left in the system. Repeating the procedure got nearly all of it out, and it didn't take long. I wish someone would bring that type of arrangement back!
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Mazda recommends changing their "long life coolant" after 60k miles. However, given the fact that you drain only half the capacity, I would recommend changing coolant at least every 30k miles. I normally do this every 15K on my other cars using green ethylene glycol coolant. The important thing is to always use distilled water when mixing the coolant.
and I would like to hook it up to my 93 626 2.0l.
The Haynes book says to short out 2 pins on the diagnostic plug but doesn't say how to hook up a tach. Anybody know how?
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An aftermarket $ 10 horn may not fit properly and may necessitate changing the wire terminal. Because most horns have only one wire, they rely on grounding through the body of the vehicle. So some horn problems may be caused by rust under the horn or rusty horn mounting bolt.
and a blast to drive. The on/off ramps are still a
favorite playground with the tach straight up or a wee bit past!! We believe this was the best use of our $16K. Thanx edmunds for all the research data we
used to arrive at this Zoom/Zoom. YyyEeeHhhAaaa
Besides, what kind of day is it when you can't do 5500 rpm on an on-ramp?
thrilled and pleased with the Freeport. We understand
the price of fuel and speeding tickets in Illinois
are not coming down...so 130 ponies are plenty.
Which generally I am, once it's warmed up.
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The low gearing in this car is rather annoying - for highway cruising it really needs another gear. The high speed response in 5 th gear is also disappointing given the high RPMs. My 92 Protege LX with 1.8 l DOHC and 5 speed and identical gearing was more responsive at high speeds in top gear. Its top speed was about 120 MPH with 125 HP.
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Everything I've read on these cars suggests a top speed right above 130, after which the computer shuts things down, which I suspect is related to the specification of H-speed tires.
preventitive maintenance receipts in my folder. We
couldn't be happier with our purchase.
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