head gasket

Once my speed hits operating temp, idling or coming off acceleration, stunningly large clouds of white smoke billow from my exhaust. I have no noticeable power loss. I don't SEE any lost fluids. White indicates water/antifreeze and a little can produce a lot of smoke Symptoms: P0140 CEL...

Hey guys, So my car needs a new head gasket or a shaven head gasket. Do you think I will get more money selling it or parting it out? 2003 Mazda Mazdaspeed Protege Mica Black. 126xxx miles What's done to the car: Engine, Etc.: AWR Solid Motor Mounts Short RAM Intake Pipe Silicone Intake Air...

Hey guys, So my car needs a new head gasket or a shaven head gasket. Do you think I will get more money selling it or parting it out? 2003 Mazda Mazdaspeed Protege Mica Black. 126xxx miles What's done to the car: Engine, Etc.: AWR Solid Motor Mounts Short RAM Intake Pipe Silicone Intake Air...

Sorry in advance if someone else has covered this but I couldn't find any info on the subject, I have an 02 Mazda protege5 2.0 and recently it has started burning oil, quite a bit. It always burned a little on start up but stopped not long after so I assume its valve stem seals and now their...

2002 manual MP5 with 90k miles. Just picked it up for a good price knowing it might need an engine. Intake and exhaust as far as I can see. Looks like this engine has seen boost.... 99% sure of it actually. (((((I'm not a mechanic, I'm up for any feedback.))))) Engine starts up quick and...

Not sure what, but something really bad went wrong with our Mazda3 yesterday. We had just loaded up to go to a B-Day party and were going up a moderately steep hill about one block from our place, and there was a popping sound. The car seemed to lose some power and when I looked in the rear...

Hello friends, I'd like to start by saying I need to buy everyone here a beer cause you all have been very helpful over the years. Today's Episode: Compression I did a dry and wet test, below are the numbers: Dry: 200/140/168/176 Wet: 215/150/192/192 I know 180ish across the board is where...

Hey guys, Just pulling apart the card to have a look at the problem. After doing everything I thought needed being done the head still won't come off. Here are the pictures of what I have done so far. Any help would be appreciated. Try keep it a little detailed as I am not the greatest...

-2002 mazda protege5, stock -overheating when running for more than 15 minutes on the freeway -coolant in the coolant reservoir depleted unusually fast and there was back pressure that caused bubbling in the reservoir -engine bogging, probably due to coolant/water in the cylinders -the water...

So as many of you know the north east got nailed with a snowstorm. Well as many of us did i started my 2001 Protege which is lightly moded. I let it warm up for a good 20 min and the backed it up down the driveway. I then realized there was a trail of anti-freeze in the snow. I checkd all the...