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    exhaust rattle (video included)

    I had the stock POS resonator replaced with a stainless steel hi flo resonator. Mine was also making a rattle sound. They rot from the inside out. Take it to an exhaust shop, $75.00 will do it. Better performance, better sound. Fun driving.
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    What have you done to your Protege today?

    Codes were for Un-metered air and temp sensor. Fixed both. I had put in injector cleaner to 1/4 tank of fuel. Then put in 4 gallons of Chevron mid grade and did some stop and go driving for a while. Today filled up the tank with Chevron mid grade and then drove on the freeway for 69 miles and...
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    What have you done to your Protege today?

    Had the fuel filter put in, cleaned the throttle body and air mass screen. The timing was way off, it was at +20! Reset it to 10. Now is runs pretty good however the check engine light came on because the battery had to be removed to install the fuel filter. I will see what code its saying. I...
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    What have you done to your Protege today?

    Decided to keep my 1995 Mazda Protege LX 1.5 liter 5 speed. It has 202306 miles on the clock. The best mpg was 48 mpg coming back from Arizona in 2013. This is my second one. My first I was able to get 56 mpg out of it before it had a melt down. This one I picked up for $500.00, did all the...
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