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I am needing some work done on my protege and would like to take it to a good mechanic, my mechanic wont do DOHC engines. any recommendations would be sweet. thanks

Oh ok, haha then i was reading it wrong. Thanks! i dunno if a seafoam treatment will work. i was told to take the valve cover off to make sure things werent loose. i mean its knocking pretty dang loud, it sounds like a rod is busted...but when i check the oil level its full?? i dunno, if i can...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Familia unfortunately this is all i have been able to find, granted only like 80% of wikipedia is reliable, that is what it says. and i figured the sticker and stuff was all cosmetic, but if youre sure then awesome, it eliminates all my worries haha also, any...

Hello everyone! Got a bit of a problem, so let me bring you all up to date one whats going on haha My friend has a 2002 Mazda Protege5, last year the engine started knocking really bad and white smoke comes out the back end now....wellp it was suggested to me that i need to look for a new...

also looking at the motor it says DOHC 16 valve, but online it said it should be a DOHC 14? should i look for the 14 or 16 valve?

Well i didn't really buy the vehicle. my roommate was driving the thing when it started knocking...he was kinda rough on it. pretty much tho the deal is if i fix the issue then i can have the car. the weird thing is i noticed the oil light one night when we went to go eat and i was driving, he...

500-700, well that aint bad. where do i start looking?

Hey everyone, got a mazda that needs to be fixed so i thought i would dive into some forums looking for help. I have a 2002 Protege5 hatch back. In September the oil was changed, at the time someone else owned the vehicle, well the oil light came on shortly afterwards and around thanksgiving it...