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Shamrock 1693
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Hi Im Brian and Ive a Mazda problem [emoji23]
My Mazda 323f is 19 years old this year and has just hit 79000 mile, I inherited it off my grandad after he passed away, it was that well looked after the folder you get from the show room had every tax disc every NCT disc and still has the 2 spare keys on the dealer key ring as well as every reciept from Mazda, so when I got the keys I found myself looking for Mazda 323f owner forums to get the heads up on potential problems that I can prevent or catch early.
My Mazda is a Special Sport Limited Edition what it stands for is beyond me all I can gather is 3 decals that say is the sport model, its Mica black which I think is the nicest colour when its polished, 14" steel wheels tho. It has minor fish eye bubbles on the rear spoiler was told its a problem with clear coat so thats to be addressed.
~Maintenance-wise~
Everything it has needed its has been given so far on me driveway;
T.B and water pump was done at 70000mile.
Clutch replaced at
75000mile.
It has a strict oil and filters change interval every 6 months.
Me next little job is HT leads and spark plugs and a new battery before the bad weather comes in.
Im a sad sad man I know [emoji23].
My Mazda 323f is 19 years old this year and has just hit 79000 mile, I inherited it off my grandad after he passed away, it was that well looked after the folder you get from the show room had every tax disc every NCT disc and still has the 2 spare keys on the dealer key ring as well as every reciept from Mazda, so when I got the keys I found myself looking for Mazda 323f owner forums to get the heads up on potential problems that I can prevent or catch early.
My Mazda is a Special Sport Limited Edition what it stands for is beyond me all I can gather is 3 decals that say is the sport model, its Mica black which I think is the nicest colour when its polished, 14" steel wheels tho. It has minor fish eye bubbles on the rear spoiler was told its a problem with clear coat so thats to be addressed.
~Maintenance-wise~
Everything it has needed its has been given so far on me driveway;
T.B and water pump was done at 70000mile.
Clutch replaced at
75000mile.
It has a strict oil and filters change interval every 6 months.
Me next little job is HT leads and spark plugs and a new battery before the bad weather comes in.
Im a sad sad man I know [emoji23].
watsontcbc
4-time Mazda owner
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- Mazda Protege
I have never heard of a 323f, and if it 19 y.o. then it must be a 2000. Are you in Ireland?
Shamrock 1693
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- Mazda 323f Hatchback
Yeah its the irish model of the Protege5 I couldnt find any reason as to why its called a 323f 'f" for familia im sure. Yeah its a 19 year old 2000 car.
Have you guys and gals kept yours stock.
Have you guys and gals kept yours stock.
Shamrock 1693
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- Mazda 323f Hatchback
16valve,single cam 1.3l petrol. I am tempted to put an mk1 MX5 dohc 1.6 into it.
You should start a build thread and we can try to help you as much as we can.
It might be difficult for us because of the differences between what you have and the North American model that most of us have.
I didn't know the 323 came with 14" wheels.
Do you have 4 stud wheels with rear drum brakes ?
It might be difficult for us because of the differences between what you have and the North American model that most of us have.
I didn't know the 323 came with 14" wheels.
Do you have 4 stud wheels with rear drum brakes ?
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Shamrock 1693
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- Mazda 323f Hatchback
Yeah 14s 4x100 hubcaped steelies
watsontcbc
4-time Mazda owner
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- Mazda Protege
There was a 323 model in the US in the late 80s followed by the Protege sedan. We didnt get the estate version until the P5, and that only in 2002 and 2003 - and only in the sport version with the DOHC 2L with frame stiffening, lower profile tires and other sportier features than the Protege. I know because I had a both an 82 GLC (predecessor to the 323) and a 98 Protege sedan with the 1.5L. All great cars, but the P5 was a a lot more fun to drive. (So was the 72 RX2 I had back in the day!)
really hoping itll see 250k soon. Likely never 300k since my commute is super short now and its not my only car
nice to still see you around!
Finally got it back on the road! Much work and miscellaneous repairs. Luckily no rust! Photo now and when I picked it up from the boneyard a little over a year ago.
More plans in store for it!
Got to to 248k on my 03 and the 3rd timing belt split yesterday. Gonna take it apart tonight. New assembly comes in tomorrow and I'll hopefully get it put back together in short order. Always seems to take longer than I set out to, and it's been a few years since I've done it. Wish me luck.
'03 Mazda Protege 5, 188K+ original miles, still runs strong, albeit poor hot idle at the moment of which I'm trying to get to the bottom of with the Launch scanner as my assistance.
It's on either its second (not as likely) or third timing belt, replaced that this July when the tensioner spring sproinged and caught in the exhaust valve pulley and it was getting close for another belt change so went ahead and did that and replaced the tensioner spring. The hot idle issue reared its head.
But I had some symptoms prior to, shuddering while on the highway over the 4th of July and extremely random shut downs, coast to a stop to make a turn say, or stopping for a light, a very random shut down, throw into neutral and boom, running and not do that for months, then out of the blue, dies at a light kind of thing.
But, no abnormal smoke that I can see but it runs along at 188K miles with a very rough idle once hot. That is my goal today, to try and trace why it's running rich (fuel trims indicate that and I get a P0172 code which popped up yesterday for the first time).
A new MAF has been installed as of Friday and that cleared the MAF codes 102/103, but 102 was back, pending as of late yesterday.
Good cars when all is well so am confident that once it's all sorted again, it'll keep going for many more miles.
It's on either its second (not as likely) or third timing belt, replaced that this July when the tensioner spring sproinged and caught in the exhaust valve pulley and it was getting close for another belt change so went ahead and did that and replaced the tensioner spring. The hot idle issue reared its head.
But I had some symptoms prior to, shuddering while on the highway over the 4th of July and extremely random shut downs, coast to a stop to make a turn say, or stopping for a light, a very random shut down, throw into neutral and boom, running and not do that for months, then out of the blue, dies at a light kind of thing.
But, no abnormal smoke that I can see but it runs along at 188K miles with a very rough idle once hot. That is my goal today, to try and trace why it's running rich (fuel trims indicate that and I get a P0172 code which popped up yesterday for the first time).
A new MAF has been installed as of Friday and that cleared the MAF codes 102/103, but 102 was back, pending as of late yesterday.
Good cars when all is well so am confident that once it's all sorted again, it'll keep going for many more miles.
Currently sitting at 269,000 miles on my 03 and it’s my daily driver
I dont drive a whole lot these days with it so Im sure mine will become nothing but rust before I hit that mileage.
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No rust and around 110k original owner since jan 2004...not dd for quite some time so tires and oil get changed based on age rather than miles. Still love driving it.
