Recent content by Madzman

Here's a follow up: after driving it for awhile and getting it right up to temp and them burping it, all seems normal now. There was probably some air trapped inside the engine. My guess is a hot spot was causing some localized boiling and creating steam. I also bent the rad cap tabs up a bit...

Hi guys, I just replaced my head with a used, milled head due to corrosion of the old one. I put 400 miles on it and decided to flush the coolant again. I notice coincidentally that where the rad cap plunger seals on the rad was rough looking so I milled the plastic there so it was smoother. I...

Those don't look too bad. The heat mark is about halfway up the electrode which is fine. The insulator looks good. I don't see a problem.

Finding TDC on the compression stroke is guaranteed if the crank mark is lined up and the "I" and "E" marks are lined up. Any time those cam marks are lined up, the valves are set at TDC on the compression stroke. When the crank mark is lined up, the #1 piston is at TDC. If you rotate the crank...

Can anyone answer this?

I just did mine and they took about 4 hours. I'd say that's worth about $150 or so.

That's exactly what I needed. Thanks!

Hi guys, I just picked up a Protege5 and have ordered some 205/50R16 tires. I'd like to buy some aftermarket rims and was wondering what offset I'll need to prevent problems. The rims will be 7" wide and my suspension is stock. Thanks!