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    Car randomly shuts off and won't start.

    I have a 03 protege and the car will randomly not start or die while driving. It will crank and the temp sensor will go all the way hot even when the engine is cold. The first time it happened it blew the #10 (30 amp fuse) for the ecu and the last two times it happened it didn't blow the fuse...
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    MAF clamp protege AEM FIC

    I know this is a long shot and I really doubt anyone has this info. but I'm trying to find the MAF values for a stock Mazda protege from idle to redline. Reason being is iv had a FMU on my protege es that I have had boosted for a while now at 8 psi and I just wired in my AEM FIC Piggyback. And...
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    Protege possible head gasket leak.

    I recently rebuilt the bottom end of my 03 turbo protege because I lost oil pressure at idle and realised i dropped a thrush washer. installed new bearings, thrust washer, Crankshaft, clutch, oil pump,water pump,timing belt, pulleys,valve seals. Anyway before I rebuilt it I had zero issues...
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    Thrust washer failure, crank walk and spec 2+ clutch

    I recently rebuilt my motor for the third time. The first time was because of the intake manifold valves coming loose and getting sucked in to the engine. The second time was to build the motor with forged internals and the third was extreme CRANKWALK.. I'm not exactly sure why. but I lost all...
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    Engine bearing clearances help

    Looking for some much needed help. I'm changing out my main&rod bearings in my 2003 Mazda protege. And I can't find any legitimate info on bearing clearances online anywhere. I went with the less accurate route and used a plastigauge. And here are the numbers I got for the main caps #1 being...
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    Mazdas247 Mazda of the Month | August

    Your car looks flawless man. Where did you find that 505 intake manifold?! It so hard to find parts for this car.
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