Recent content by wpaul

Well, after a bunch of searching, new MAP, injector flush, Kingston Mazda discovered that Canadian Tire had placed my new timing belt one cog off on my camshafts... I told them to repair it, as I didn't want to trust Canadian Tire with my car again. I will go to yell at Canadian Tire tomorrow...

Hey - thanks for the offer tho. I appreciate it. At this point I really just want it to be fixed ASAP!!! :) Since Mazda can do it on Monday morning, I will just go ahead and see what happens... btw. I called up Napa in Kingston just for the hell of finding out how much they would charge for...

So Kingston Mazda took a look. They think the vacuum is fine, but think that the MAP sensor is sending an incorrect reading. They quoted $121 for part + installation. Part comes in Monday. Fingers crossed... but I'm jaded and don't expect much at this rate!

I talked to someone at Kingston Mazda today. He suggested as well that it was probably vacuum. My question now is this: If it is vacuum related, why did the car run great for 700km after cleaning the Throttle Body, IAC, EGR, and then resume the bad idle with the exact same symptoms? Did the...

I'll update for the sake of doing so. I called up Mazda Gabriel and Mazda Spinelli in Montreal, who wanted $285 for the EGR valve for my 2003 Protege 1.6L. NAPA in Montreal wanted $271. I spend a lot of time in Kingston, ON, where I've been going to school this year, where NAPA quoted $244...

Hi everyone, I have a Canadian Mazda Protege SE (1.6 L) which I gather is not available in the US (making parts a little harder to search on the internet). My idle was very rough, and I had the EGR and IAC valves cleaned out by my technician which helped. After 600km or so, the rough idle is...