Recent content by dredman

LOL - no probs. I think it had more to do with luck than with patience, as I just happened to have it on at that time. Either way, when you try it, make sure the car is under some form of load (accelerating going uphill, with the air condition on, and a full load of passengers, etc.)...

I know this thread is just over a year old, but I recently got a scan gauge myself and was trying out the codes listed here on my 2005 Mazda 3. The Knock Retard appeared to read zero constantly as OJ Bartley said when I tested it in my garage while idling and revving in neutral, so I never paid...

Sorry for the late reply... I've only ever had 215/45's on my car - got it with them. However, I've driven in a friend's 3 with the stock 205/50's and his car seems a bit kinder over harsh bumps, but nothing to talk about unless you drive at speed over REALLY bad road. Not that i mind the...

I have 215/45/17s on my OEM 17" rims, and I have absolutely no fitment issues with them. No rubbing or touching either at full lock or when going over gentle bumps at speed. My car has the stock suspension - no lowering springs or performance shocks. They look great too - the sidewalls don't...

When you checked your fans, was the engine overheating then? Had a similar problem a couple months back, so when I reached home I checked both fans and they were both working. Next day, however, in traffic the car started overheating again, so I switched off the a/c. Temp still went up. Pulled...

UPDATE - Intermittent stalling, rough idle, and apparant misfiring OK - so I changed the ignition coil that I suspected was defective with a new one I bought yesterday. Result: No misfiring thus far!!! YAY. BTW, Chawk - I checked the voltage. It's a-ok. Doesn't seem to be a prob with the...

Thanks loveindia - I saw that suggestion on the 2.0 tuning forum. I bought new plug wires and tried that, but that didn't solve the problem. Now, I've basically isolated it down to the coilpack. How?? Well, I pulled the leftmost plug wire while the car was misfiring at idle, and the engine...

uh, ok. I thought I went thru all the forums. Just saw a few other threads with similar problems, all leading to saprk issues (either wires or coil packs). I'll try some of their solutions over the weekend and update this thread with my findings.

OK - I've been thru most of the Protege forums. I have a 2001 automatic 1.6L model, and read the many posts about rough idling, which my car suffers from. As such, I cleaned the EGR valve, MAF and IAT sensors, even cleaned the air filter, but the problem still persists. It happens when...