Recent content by schambach

nope, I bought it new back in march 2001. This was the first problem I've ever had and all becouse I didn't put in the sparkplug tight enough.

you are a fricking genious!!!!!!! The dealership charged me $100.00 to give me an estimate, $1600.00 for a new head and some other stuff. So I towed it back home. I took the cylinder head off and wualaaa there was a helicoil!!!! It was a b&%$tch to take the old striped piece out but replaced...

looked in spark plug hole I looked onto the spark plug hole and noticed that there is no threds anymore, they got stripped out when the spark plug got shot out. Do you think I'll have to change the whole engine or is there a fix for this one? I think I'll have to take it to the Mazda dealership...

I don't know what happened!!! driving at low rpms, good oil level, everything normal. My 2001 protege 1.6 litter made a whistling sound and lost power. After pulling out on the road I openned the hood and noticed air coming out of the number two cylinder... I continued two remove the two 10mm...

Great Info. Just made me sign up for Mazda Forums... Great stuff and pictures, I am going to do it myself now. I've been spending so much money on services I've decided to do it myself. Do you know of any manuals, like Chilton's or Hayne's for a 2001 Protege? I bought the front brake pads for...