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    Real World MPG numbers?

    Looking for a commuter car for my wife and I like the 5's for their styling, but wanted to get some good numbers for city/highway driving. Found one with 127k, new pistons and heads, automatic. Hoping I can squeeze out the low 30's I could in my Protege. Also if you know of any others for...
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    P0325 Code with P0660

    I got a CEL a while back, Autozone read and cleared the codes for me. The car seems to be running fine, but is hard to start on occasion. So based on the manual I have (ugly.net), I did a resistance test on the sensor which should be 560 kilohms. The needle on my tester barely moved, so I...
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    Need quick timing belt help!!

    I am stumped. I searched thru this forum and read every for the last few years and it seems I am doing it all right. 2001 protege 2.0L ONe confusing thing is on the cam shaft pulley's the I or E and the mark on the pulley are not 90* from each other so it is impossible to get the letter...
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    Intake tube

    I have been having a bucking issue with my car. I thought it might be a vacuum leak, warped flywheeel, or a bad sensor. Well as I started to pull things apart to clean the MAF, I found that the intake tube downstream of the MAF that goes into the intake was cracked most the war around. Ah-ha...
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    Slack in the drivetrain

    School has started again so my commute has become a lot more stop and go (pissed), but such is life in the big city. Being that my car has a 5spd it's not that fun to drive in traffic, but it seems as if there is a LOT of slack in the drivetrain. There always has been and I have tried to...
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    Need new pads and rotor - options?

    I own the car in my sig to perform the task of getting me back and forth to work everyday. For that it has done well. I have owned it a little over a year and have had to replace the clutch & timing belt. It has 118,000 miles on the clock. I am getting between 28-30mpg on midgrade fuel. The...
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    Looking for intake options

    This is kinda a double post as I think I placed it in the wrong place earlier. In any case, here is my question: I own the car in my sig to perform the task of getting me back and forth to work everyday. For that it has done well. I have owned it a little over a year and have had to replace...
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    Upgrades to gain Fuel Mileage?

    Hello, new to the forums. I have some basic questions. I own the car in my sig to perform the task of getting me back and forth to work everyday. For that it has done well. I have owned it a little over a year and have had to replace the clutch & timing belt. It has 118,000 miles on the...
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