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Problem still unsolved and giving me grey hairs Ok, I had a mobile mechanic come by today and pull the code off of the car. The error code was P0300 / some sort of random misfire code. He confidently stated that it must be the crank position sensor ("the one at the bottom of the engine"). I...

Replies Thanks for the replies guys! Ok my first question is, do you think the process of cleaning the EGR valve is too much for a lunkhead like me? Or is it actually really simple? I mean, I have a few tools and I'm pretty sure that bolts are screwed on clockwise - that amounts to most of...

Ok I bought my 2002 Mazda Protege 5 second hand six months ago. It has about 140,000 km's on it (give or take). Sometime in August, the engine would suddenly start running very roughly (growwwwllllll) while I was driving around, with a definite loss of power. I learned to overcome this by...