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For sale is a complete running 2002 Protege5 hatchback located in Tacoma Washington. Asking $3400. Car has 102,000 miles. Everything works. Exterior is Classic Red with black cloth interior. Very clean inside, well maintained. Body is in excellent shiny condition. Automatic sport-mode 4-speed...

The water pump involves a lot of work to remove the belt covers and timing belt. Have you checked the thermostat opens when hot? If it is stuck closed the water temp will be very high. Weather will be near 80F all this week. FWIW, on my motor the water pump would spin and was not leaking. The...

Finally have the Protege5 back on the road after 6 years sitting. A broken water pump causing overheating and blew the head gasket and the heater core inside the car. Did all the repairs myself. Replacing the timing belt and water pump turned out to be not too difficult. However the heater core...

Welcome to the forums. Since the motor runs well most of the time, the timing belt is likely correctly installed. The crank pulley notch should point directly upward, while the two cam index marks point toward each other. The exhaust pointer will be slightly lower than level. My motor's cams...