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JakeP

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04 Mazda 6
Hey everyone. Just bought an 04 Mazda 6 over the weekend. Got it for a steal, gonna be a project for me. Figure if I can get it nice enough it'll replace my 98 Escort I've been driving, or possibly sell it for profit, haven't decided yet. Anyway, here it is.
 

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There's some rust on the bottom of the left rear door too but I couldn't get the picture to upload for some reason. I do think it needs a new motor but for $300 I couldn't go wrong.
 
Yeah the price was definitely right. A guy I work with was gonna scrap it cause it burns oil like crazy. At WOT it leaves a blue cloud. I told him I'll buy anything that runs and drives for $300, which is about what he'd get at the scrap yard. I'll be doing some searching for engines soon. I did a bit on car-part.com already. Found a few nearby with around 100k miles for about a grand. However it showed no interchange. It looks to me though that its the same 3.0 duratech that's in fusions, freestyles, escapes, etc. If it is I'm gonna see if I can find one out of one of those since they are more common. It probably won't be a direct drop in but I'm plenty skilled enough to swap parts from my current engine to the new one to make it work.

And yeah I do like the color. I think you may be slightly biased though haha.
 
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