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#68 of 420 Re: 323 No spark and no fuel [pskirk] by pskirk Apr 26, 2005 (8:08 am)
Replying to: pskirk (Apr 26, 2005 5:56 am) Sorry, I made a mistake in the specifications.   323 SE Exectutive Registered 1 August 1990 1598cc 16valve SOHC Carburetor   "Rear" warning light is now on at evry switch on of ignition, goes out when engine starts. All rear lights including fogs are working.   Peter
#69 of 420 Transmission woes by wordartist Apr 29, 2005 (7:25 am)
Hello - I've had the car three years.   I've replaced the entire exhaust system, and the brakes twice, and two tires. She's got a little rust, around the doors and apparently under the driver's seat. I had to have the driver-side window and the windshield replaced. I've been rear-ended twice - she's working on rear bumper number three now - and smacked into someone right good and needed the passenger side headlamp and flashers redone a year ago. My rear window wiring has been cut and crimped until we can isolate the short that was killing my brakes and horn (which work now).   The car has 185k on it. I thought it was overdue for a transmission fluid change. That's when it all started to go wrong.   My mechanic, god bless him, did exactly what I asked him to do. What the Haynes, the Edmunds maintenance schedule, and the guys at Mr. Lube all agreed she was brutally overdue for. A simple automatic transmission fluid flush and filter change. The car drove for a day and a half, and then stopped dead in the middle of traffic. No, the engine didn't die, the car just stopped moving.   Thankfully, my mechanic is a resourceful coot and found me a replacement transmission box reasonably cheap (<100 Cdn). We figure the tranny fluid cleaned the engine out and dumped thirteen years worth of oil and carbon and metal filings right into my all-electrical digitally controlled transmission. The engine runs, she throttles beautifully, I can change gears... but the wheels don't turn. Is there anything I should know before we try to perform major surgery on my poor car? I seem to remember tripping over information somewhere that implied that you have to change the radiator at the same time you change the transmission, but now I can't find it. Anyone know anything about that? I'm hoping we can resurrect her. I'm kind of attached to her, and don't *really* have 3k to drop on a replacement right now, much less trying to find anon-domestic 15 miles a gallon replacement. [grr] -Betty- (wordartist)
#71 of 420 At a loss ??? by joey7 May 11, 2005 (6:46 am)
I recently purchased a 96 model Mazda 323 astina hatch and am more than happy with my little baby.My girlfriend made the mistake of leaving her bracelet on the top of my dash while driving,which inevitably has fallen into the windscreen air vent & down the ventillation system on the passenger side of the car.I have tried a few times to try to retrive it,pulling parts of the dash off here and there but all ive done so far is leave the odd scratch or crack on my pristine dash.I pulled the fan out from under the dash on the passenger side but no luck.Is it possible to find the bracelet without having to pull the whole dashboard right out off the car to get to the ventillation system?....yes it would be easier to buy her a new one i tried that,but its not about the money its the sentimental value.I would be very thankfull for any help..
#72 of 420 91 Mazda protege 323 with A/C problems by giac23 May 14, 2005 (12:59 pm)
I have a Mazda Protege with 185K miles. Recently, when I try to turn on the A/C, it doesn't blow cool air. What could be the possible cause for this? I was thinking a leak, but where?   Also, Does anyone know where I could get a diagram that details where all the fluids chambers are located in my car? I know where the washer fluid and power steering fluid goes, but I really need to locate where the coolant, brake fluid, and transmission fluid go. Also where do I find the chamber that houses the Freon?   If there is no diagram available, can someone instruct me where all these fluid chambers are located.   Thank you, gia Replies to this message: wordartist (May 18, 2005 1:41 pm) pat (May 18, 2005 2:32 pm) jjazz (Oct 31, 2005 8:48 am)
#73 of 420 Re: 91 Mazda protege 323 with A/C problems [giac23] by wordartist May 18, 2005 (1:41 pm)
Replying to: giac23 (May 14, 2005 12:59 pm) >If there is no diagram available, can someone instruct me where >all these fluid chambers are located.   Personally, I found the Hayes manual available for the 323 to be quite detailed. It has photos of the engine from the top and bottom with arrows and numbers to help you find stuff.   -B-
#74 of 420 Re: 91 Mazda protege 323 with A/C problems [giac23] by pat HOST May 18, 2005 (2:32 pm)
Replying to: giac23 (May 14, 2005 12:59 pm) Hi gia, welcome.   I believe you have either a 323 or a Protege. I see you've posted in the Protege Problems & Solutions discussion - that's a good resource for you.   You might want to clarify exactly which model you have, though. I don't know if that will make a difference in the answers to your questions, but it certainly could.
#75 of 420 1989 Mazda 323 Shades auto by punkishbarbie May 19, 2005 (9:23 pm)
Again, I haven't read through everything, but I thought i may as well post and see how we go.   I have gone to so many mechanics here in Australia over this, and no one has fixed it yet. I've got a 4 speed auto right, and it stalls. Now everyone keeps telling me that it's not reving correctly at low speeds so thats why it's cutting out. However no one has succeeded in fixing this for me. It happens alot when I am reversing, in traffic like accelrating then braking constentaly, even at round abouts. Now i dont know too much about the technical side of cars, but the only thing one of the mechanics did for me was raise some idelling thingy in my engine, but another one who looked at it brought it down cos he said it was going to blow my gear box if i kept driving with it being so high.   Is there a way to fix this without spending a fortune on some other guy who doesn't know what they are even fixing???!!!!
#76 of 420 Car stopped running-'88 323-cannot find problem-HELP by lurnjac May 21, 2005 (7:54 pm)
My 1988 Mazda 323 died on the highway-no wasrning-just stopped running. Can anyone help me with what might be wrong? My son cannot find the problem.   To the person whose whells would not turn-that is probably your CVC joints on front axle need to be replaced. Just had mine done.   Any help is appreciated Replies to this message: jimla (Jun 13, 2005 8:11 pm) sinspawn (Nov 09, 2005 5:07 am) dodgelightning (Oct 23, 2005 9:00 am) jjazz (Oct 28, 2005 8:24 am)
#77 of 420 Re: 88 and 89 323s... by deltafox Jun 10, 2005 (10:11 pm)
to punkishbarbie: Try replacing sparkplugs and wires if you haven't already. I had sputtering and stall problems until I did that. I also found it easy to change the idle myself as it was a big, obvious looking screw on the top of the engine. If you have a tachometer, probably best not to go above 1000 rpms.   to lurnjac: The only things I can think of are fuel pump failure, alternator (or wiring) failure and broken timing belt. Checked those?   On a side note, I have an '87 323 with 203,000 miles. Running strong with no major engine work ever, good gas mileage and easy to maintain IMO. Why can't they make engines like this in American cars?

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