Recent content by Crafty Panther

It could be a bad injector spray pattern, i've read there was a tsb with the 2.0l engine about that. Unfortunately I have no clue how to diagnose that:(

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/02-03-04-MAZDA-PROTEGE-FOG-LIGHTS-protege5-mazdaspeed-5-/150582523788?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item230f6af78c#ht_8076wt_1002 I'm looking for a replacement for my shattered fogs, and saw these up for much cheaper than the oem. Has anyone installed these...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMok2y05jNE&feature=fvwrel Also found this. Don't know if you smoke or not, but if I ever have another leak, I might try this method, lol.

http://youtu.be/9CPqbaSgcok I used the aerosol method to find my leak, it's a little tricky with the location of the manifold gasket, but its a noticeable idle change.

I can confirm this, the ford escape endlinks do come with the fittings. And holy crap what a difference. turned my car from a rattling mess to a car again.

It could be the intake manifold gasket, I had a severe vacuum leak from where the gasket blew around the #2 cylinder a few months ago. Shop labor+parts for replacing the gasket+diagnostics was about $700. If you're willing to try and swap it yourself, all the gaskets will run you considerably...

I just bought the escape endlinks yesterday, around $50 bucks for both. I'm hoping it solves the rattle whenever I hit a bump on the driver's side...so I can focus on the other 5 or 6 from the bodywork (sadbanana) I was told by my mechanic that if the noise stops when you turn that it's the...

Both my rear wheel well mudguards have separated from the chassis(because the metal that used to be there has rusted out), and causes a nice two or three second rattle every time I hit anything bigger than a crack in the asphalt. I'm getting some metal banding and steel brackets from Canadian...

I have exactly the same issues, only they are still happening with the egr unplugged. Is it safe to assume the IAC? I'm also going to bleed the coolant this weekend to see if I have air in there that's causing issues

Awesome, thanks!

Rebuilding my intake system due to a vacuum leak(top intake manifold gasket had a nice chunk missing). My labeling system for the vacuum hoses went south, now I'm trying to remember what went where. Only ones I have no idea with are the three from the...thing bolted to the bottom section of the...