What have you done to your P5 today?

[funkalicious21]

Just recently purchased a J&S Safeguard! =) Trying to protect my assets.

 

[justanothermp5]

Irridiums seem to work a bit better. Not sure if it's a hotter spark or what, but the car's doing better now.

Maybe a stupid question, but would you ever need to get a valve adjustment done on the P5?

Theres no such thing as hot spark or cold spark, and yes, its prob recomended if you have alot of valvetrain noise.
I never adjusted mine until 212k and didnt have any problems

 

[roy obanion]

I thought about driving it

 

[CheeseHelmet]

Just a little cool weather and my rear suspension starts making all kinds of fun noises. If my car makes it through the winter it's getting new struts...

 

[Peter5]

0-130km with my hi boost protege 5
Enjoy and share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWJsbjRTM9A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[ProjectBlack]

Theres no such thing as hot spark or cold spark, and yes, its prob recomended if you have alot of valvetrain noise.
I never adjusted mine until 212k and didnt have any problems

Cool. It just runs better, so there is some sort of reason for it I'm sure. Definitely a difference between irridiums and v-powers.

Thanks Just and Cheese for the help.

 

[ProjectBlack]

You're supposed to check the valve clearance every once and a while, if that's what you mean...

I searched high and low, but could not find a how-to on valve adjusting. Any tips?

 

[justanothermp5]

You have to buy a shim kit, and have feeler guages, then just switch out the shims with thicker/thinner shims until you getthe clearance within spec

 

[Teeson]

0-130km with my hi boost protege 5
Enjoy and share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWJsbjRTM9A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

how did you mount that? is it a go-pro? that is like thee best video i've seen of acceleration, you can see the road, the revs, speedo. does the camera block your view?

 

[Peter5]

Thx teeson, go pro 960HD with suction cup mount upside down in the sunroof !

 

[bgibb68]

Ok.....so what would eat up a nrw bearing in 2 months and less than 5k miles

 

[CheeseHelmet]

Ok.....so what would eat up a nrw bearing in 2 months and less than 5k miles

I can think of a few things:

• The bearing was incorrectly pressed into the steering knuckle (eg. pressure was applied to the inner race)
• The axle nut was over/under torqued
• The steering knuckle is bad, probably from the bearing's outer race spinning in the knuckle
• s***-quality bearing

 

[Peter5]

Wheel spacers or offset wheels can also play a part in this ^^^

 

[shane02pro5]

For the record a 55" tv is the biggest you can fit in a P5 and I was a little squished with the seat up 4" from the norm

 

[canadian357]

^ Done that. I was shocked it fit. These cars rock.

 

[bthai]

I got new brake pads on the car( yay for no more sqeaking)

 

[THE Phen]

I can think of a few things:

• The bearing was incorrectly pressed into the steering knuckle (eg. pressure was applied to the inner race)
• The axle nut was over/under torqued
• The steering knuckle is bad, probably from the bearing's outer race spinning in the knuckle
• s***-quality bearing

A bad bearing can also be a culprit. Had that happen once.

 

[CTt3P5]

Got a bit tired of the look, so I did some stretching/pulling, added some chrome and gave her a new coat of paint.

(evil) This is my rental for the week while she's in getting some bodywork done.

 

[bikingpro5]

does anyone know if the carpet for a sedan will fit in the protege5? i would like to replace mine this winter when the interiors out but cannot find a protege5 specific one.

 

[THE Phen]

yeah, it should fit fine. The only difference between the two cars occurs after the back seat.