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    My poor Protege5 may be going to Mazda heaven.... :(

    Agreed to the above. We bought the car at 117 xxx km from a mazda dealer (though with no warranty, as it was an 8 year old model), and they assured us the belt was changed. We cant find anything in writing saying it was changed, though. My mech. said there's no way this is a belt with only 10...
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    My poor Protege5 may be going to Mazda heaven.... :(

    Hey all, yes I meant tensioner previously. Just got the call back with the new belt put on. Apparently compression tests went terribly so they took the head off, and cylinder 1 & 2 have bent valves, 3 has a bent valve AND cracked something (I want to say piston...at that point in the...
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    My poor Protege5 may be going to Mazda heaven.... :(

    Well, I just heard back from my mechanic (who I fully trust). He told me that it was in fact the timing belt that went, and that it damaged a pulley when it snapped. He said it was likely cheaper for them to replace the timing belt right away and then roll the engine over by hand to find out if...
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    My poor Protege5 may be going to Mazda heaven.... :(

    Hi folks, I'm not much of a poster, but do lurk quite frequently around here! I was driving down the major highway through Ottawa, ON today (the 417) heard a pretty loud snap/bang sound. The car stayed on, however I lost all power from the accelerator, as in, nothing would happen at all...
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    Smallest rim/tire size that will fit on P5s

    Thanks for the information guys! I tried some ooold (early 90s) American Racing rims from my brothers '90 Jetta that he had lying around (they had a multi-bolt configuration, worked as both a 4 and 5 bolt rim), and it didn't fit. That said though, I was fortunate to find on my local UsedOttawa...
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    Smallest rim/tire size that will fit on P5s

    Hi all, so I'm looking at getting some winter tires for the car, and am looking for second hand winter tires and wheels. Does anybody have any experience with 14" rims on P5s? Do they fit? I currently am running 195/60/15s on alloys, and know 16's are stock, so Im running a lil small already...
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    Hi there! I'm a Noob!

    Oh hi there! I'm Mike, I like to bike and hike. ... Actually, I don't much care for either of those, it just makes for a cute introduction. Anyways, I'm one of those people who are usually pretty active on Internet forums, and luckily for me, I found this site! It seems really active and...
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