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I recently purchased an '02 P5 and, after getting rid of those noisy, scarily dangerous (rains a lot in Louisiana) Dunlops, am having a real ball with it. My only issue is that I drive 100mi. to work and this car really needs a sixth gear. Does anyone know if Mazda has a 6 spd trans that'll bolt up to the P5? Back in the day I used to road race an Austin Healy 3000 with electric OD in all 5 gears. Just one electric OD on 5th in the P5 would be terrific if anyone makes anything like that these days. Any ideas out there? Thanks. |
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I recently purchased an 02 P5, the CEL is coming on and all I can get for codes is a random misfire, The EGR was Changed within the last 18 months. I replaced the Coils myself. Now the CEL is back on but none of the symptoms are happening. Symptoms= After driving for about 20KM at a constant speed it will act as if it is only running on 2cyl. It wont loose speed unless I let the gas go, and it is as if I have no peddle when I give more gas...... Someone PLEASE??????????
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Replying to: mazda020801 (Aug 12, 2008 4:16 am) As in, no power/torque? Any stalling or hesitation? How many miles/kilometres on your 02 P5? Any modifications? Was the timing belt changed?
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Replying to: autonomous (Aug 13, 2008 8:47 am) Yes, no power/hesitation feels like the Cruise control is on and wont let me accelerate faster. Most of the time after this happens it only last a few seconds, then the next time I pull to a light or stop it wants to stall but will not drop below 300RPMs. it has 133,000KM NO MODs, Not 100% about timing belt I just bought it back in December. the service record show the water pump crank belt were services but didn't say anything about re n re.... EGR, PCV, and Coils were all changed EGR was about 9months ago... Thank you Very much for you help in the matter!!!
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Replying to: mazda020801 (Aug 13, 2008 1:15 pm) How about the sparkplugs? Did you change them when you did the coils? Another possibility is that the throttle body / fuel system is dirty and in need of a good chemical cleaning. You may want to consider a fuel system service to remove internal carbon build up and combustion byproducts. The service, called Motorvac by some, restores fuel efficiency and engine performance. Regarding the timing belt, you may want to double check to see if it was replaced; it may have been done when the water pump was replaced. This belt usually gets replaced at about 96,000 km; other nearby belts and components can get replaced at the same time.
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Replying to: autonomous (Aug 13, 2008 2:10 pm) The Chemical treatment you are talking about also I will look into this.. Thank you Very much for your help in the matter!!!
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Replying to: mazda020801 (Aug 14, 2008 5:25 am)
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Replying to: iamz (Aug 14, 2008 6:30 am)
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I am interested in getting a hitch for my car to haul bicycles but wondered if I could also haul a small trailer or other like item. I was able to find out that my car would use a class I hitch I am unable to find any information about the towing capacity of this car.
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