Just be careful that you don't drive your Protege too much if it starts to overheat. My radiator failed, for whatever reason, and I was forced to drive while the engine was overheated. This warped the engine block. It had to be re-tooled which set me back $1.5 k.
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Driving into work a couple of days ago my '02 Protege 5 started overheating. I was driving along and, suddenly, the temp spikes to the "H" level. Then the engine light turns on as well. I also noticed that the engine pinged when applying throttle. I limped into work.
The first...