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    Are you getting small Vibrations?

    I have and auto 2002 MP5 with 37,200 miles and I'm noticed that when I put the car in reveres why'll holding on the brakes a vibration starts and I feel it threw the steering wheel. I don't think thats normal. I'm thinking it could be a motor mount or the sparkplugs, or even the type of fuel...
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    Are you getting small Vibrations?

    I have an automatic, and I never changed the plugs. This problem is weird Anyone has suggestion or comments?
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    Are you getting small Vibrations?

    Hi... I noticed today that I'm getting some vibrations from the car and feeling it on the steering wheel. I feel it alot when I put the car in reverse. I was wondering if any one else feels this. Is this normal? In my Fuel test thread I spoke about miles per gallon and testing to see if I'm...
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    Maintaing your MP5

    TREXpro Thanks a Lot. I was hoping I can get an answer like this. This is so much help for me. Today I will try to get the Regular ngk plugs and leave the same wires. I put Mobile 1 Synth too, just two days ago but the people who put the oil in put a fram filter. I think I'm going to start...
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    Getting the right spark plugs.

    What do you mean have a double extension? Are the Irdium pugs from NGK good quality plugs? Should I change the wires as well? If I should change wires which ones should I get? I guess to get to the other two sparkplugs with the wierd looking box over them, I would have to use a socket wrench to...
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    Please Try This Fuel Test...

    I'm waiting to see when the fuel gets low, how many gallons of fuel did I use. Also, now I hear a little ping because I changed from 93 octain to 87 octain. Should I at least use 89? I use Chevron with Techron, if you look in our manual it says 87[(R+M)/2 method] or above (91 RON or above) on...
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    Getting the right spark plugs.

    What is the process? When I look under the hood I notice that above 2 spark plugs there are 2 boxes with wires can I remove these to get to the sparkplugs? How hard is it to remove the plug wires over the sparkplugs cuz thay seem very thin and I didnt want to break them. What kind of wires and...
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    Getting the right spark plugs.

    Hi everyone. I was wondering how hard is it to change the spark plugs in the 2002 MP5? What would I need to do? What are the recommended off brand spark plugs for this car, any name brands? Why that name brand?
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    Mazda Protege5 Performance stats...

    Thats funny thanks...
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    Mazda Protege5 Performance stats...

    Hi MP5 owners... I was wondering if any one knew what is are cars 0-60sec and 1/4 mile performance. Is there any web site that give us specs on are cars performance? What cars do we compare to in speed and performance? Also, if we where to do certin modification to give us that faster 0-60 and...
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    Maintaing your MP5

    Hi, I'm a new MP5 owner and I just purchased my car a month ago. I want to give my car the best lubricants and parts to make my even more reliable than what it is. What are the maintenance things that you MP5 owners done to the car that wasn't recommended by the dealer or wasn't done by them...
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    Audio system question for MP5.

    HI...A question on our 2002 MP5 speaker system. What are the size of the front and rear speakers in our car? I would like to replace the stock speakers for higher quality ones but I dont want to struggle changing or replaceing any of the major parts. Is this a easy project for me to do...
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    Please Try This Fuel Test...

    Hi everyone I'm new to this Protege 5 stuff so please excuse me for any messups... I just recently purchased a used 2002 MP5 about a month ago and the reason why I brought it was for reliabilty and gas economy. My car doesn't feel like a fuel economical car! It sucks up gas just like my old 6cyl...
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