Recent content by willem82

I had the compressor replaced in December of 04. I might have gotten ripped by the garage. Any other possiblities?

My Wife's 98 Protege stalls at idle when the A/C is turned on. There seems to be an incredible drag on the engine. If I keep the RPM's at 2,500 without the A/C on and then switch it on, it drops to about 1,250. Then stalls if I come off the gas. Any ideas as to the problem? I think it has to do...

No, I figured taking it to the dealer would be the best thing to do. I don't know if he ran codes or not. In my jeep you can just turn the ignition on and off three times and they appear. Not possible with the mazda. Would bad spark plugs cause the blinking? The car seems to run fine. Is there...

My wife's 98 Proteges check engine light came on a while back. It was always on. We took it into the dealer and the guy told us that the O2 sensor was bad and there were some other electrical problems. He said as long as the car was driving ok that we could keep driving it. Now the light is...