Jamisonshaw125
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- 2002 Mazda protege lx 2.0
First let me give a little background into this car and what I have gone through with it... I bought the car about a year ago with high hopes that it would rid me of my falling apart 1996 Toyota Camry. The car had 89k miles, now 96k
The day I bought my car, I drove it about 15 miles of city driving back to my
Home and noticed that the engine was smoking... So I open up the hood and see oil, everywhere all over the belt an side of the engine. I don't know why I didn't think to look under the hood in the first place, but I didn't. Needless to say, I drove right back to the dealership and they explained to me that the head gasket was broken. I said okay, so fix it. They fixed it but left the oil all over the side of the engine. The car squeaks, I realize it is probably from the oil. Both belts replaced and tried to clean the oil off as much as possible. Did not work.... So I dealt with it for a few months thinking the oil would eventually wear off. The squeaking got worse...
Next, I go Pepboys and they tell me I need a new timing belt, and basically everything along with that. Quote me some ridiculous price. I go to good year and its 600 bucks cheaper. I replace the timing belt, everything along with that.
Misfires start to happen. More when the engine is warmed up and idling in gear, but oddly enough the misfiring gets progressively worse and worse as the months continue. I do not think its EGR valve because that would be more of a consistent wobbling up and down when idling, rather than random engine jumps that progressively get worse. Check engine light finally turns on, good year says cylinder 3 misfire. Spark plug is shot. They replace set with new plug wires... 3 months pass, engine continues to randomly misfire or skip or whatever it is. Replace spark plugs again. It stops, and begins its ritual of progressively getting worse.
Today. Replace spark plugs and new plug wires as of today, along with new coils. I thought one might be going bad which would be indicative of a random misfire.... Now replaced, engine is no longer misfiring as frequently, but it is still present.
Any ideas? Also, I'm not sure if this is the right forum section. Sorry if its not.
The day I bought my car, I drove it about 15 miles of city driving back to my
Home and noticed that the engine was smoking... So I open up the hood and see oil, everywhere all over the belt an side of the engine. I don't know why I didn't think to look under the hood in the first place, but I didn't. Needless to say, I drove right back to the dealership and they explained to me that the head gasket was broken. I said okay, so fix it. They fixed it but left the oil all over the side of the engine. The car squeaks, I realize it is probably from the oil. Both belts replaced and tried to clean the oil off as much as possible. Did not work.... So I dealt with it for a few months thinking the oil would eventually wear off. The squeaking got worse...
Next, I go Pepboys and they tell me I need a new timing belt, and basically everything along with that. Quote me some ridiculous price. I go to good year and its 600 bucks cheaper. I replace the timing belt, everything along with that.
Misfires start to happen. More when the engine is warmed up and idling in gear, but oddly enough the misfiring gets progressively worse and worse as the months continue. I do not think its EGR valve because that would be more of a consistent wobbling up and down when idling, rather than random engine jumps that progressively get worse. Check engine light finally turns on, good year says cylinder 3 misfire. Spark plug is shot. They replace set with new plug wires... 3 months pass, engine continues to randomly misfire or skip or whatever it is. Replace spark plugs again. It stops, and begins its ritual of progressively getting worse.
Today. Replace spark plugs and new plug wires as of today, along with new coils. I thought one might be going bad which would be indicative of a random misfire.... Now replaced, engine is no longer misfiring as frequently, but it is still present.
Any ideas? Also, I'm not sure if this is the right forum section. Sorry if its not.
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