lantech19446
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I recently bought a 1990 mazda protege it's the 1.8L 16v dohc with 4wd and the 5 speed manual. I bought it knowing it needed quite a bit of work. to date it's gotten new rear brake shoes a new exhaust which had to be hand fabricated since the 4wd was evidently kind of rare new rear sway bar linkages and some minor electrical work. Just before I purchased the vehicle it had a new head put on the engine which is slightly more then a thousand miles old now but due to the difference in ages the car has 153,000 miles on it they said the car would continue to burn oil until the head was properly fit to the vehicle in about 3,000 miles. I expect that this is true however the car is burning a quart every 200 miles and that sounds a little extreme to me. has anyone else ever gone through this with their protege is this normal or should i take it somewhere else to see if they can find any problems
