overheating

Hey Gang, Luckily, for the past year or so I haven't had many issues with my 02 protege5 and it's now approaching 100,000 miles. Recently, I noticed there was this constant rapid ticking noise coming from the engine. It almost sounded like a lawnmower noise and it would occur at low rpms and...

my 3s hatchback(75k miles, so not too long on coolant for factory fill) a/c got warm for a second so i looked down at my gauges and noticed the temp was slightly high and moving up, slowly. turned the a/c off and it helped some, however it started going up again later. so i turn the heater on...

So here's a list of problems that have been going on with my 2001 Mazda Protege Manual 2.0L. We changed the thermostat thinking that might do the trick but unfortunately it did not. Honestly trying to figure out if the head gasket is blown. We are going to do a compression test tomorrow and see...

Hi all! Me again! First off, you all have been more than amazing in helping me with my issues and saving me (literal) hundreds of dollars. Usually, I'd prefer to leave it at that because I'd rather like to contribute more to the community than to simply "use" it. But I'm afraid I'm low on...

Had the rear catalytic converter replaced with an Eastern aftermarket three days ago. The stock cat had rusted through and broke off. Highway driving yesterday, and the engine overheated and shut down. Didn't notice any fluid leaks. Any reason the two would be connected due to shoddy...

okay my girlfriend has 03 MP and in october of last year she said her radiator exploded. i was told everything got replaced except the CAT converter. and recent it has been overheating. i figured that its was just the arizona heat. but it is overheating way to quickly. so i flushed the radiator...

Hi, While driving 70 mph at night, my serpentine belt went out on my '03 Protege LX automatic 2.0, 4 cylinder. I slowly lost power due to the alternator not being charged and the water pump stopped pumping thus I overheated. I've taken my car around to a few shops and they all tell me to dump...

Hey first post on here since i bought my P5. It is a 2002 with 145k miles. The a-hole I bought it from must have reset the ECU before I came to check it out because the day after I get it home it throws a CEL. I took it to Jiffy Lube and the hooked it up to a scanner. He didn't give me specific...

Hey Everyone, New to the forum. I purchased a 2003 Mazda Protege 5 about a month ago. Today I decided I needed some boom boom to go with my zoom zoom. I had a shop install 2 JL 12w3v1 a pioneer amp and a kenwood head unit. She absolutely pounds. however 30 minutes after leaving the shop I...

First Post here at Mazdas247 and its a bit depressing. So my wife and I purchased a 2003.5 mazdaspeed protege in December and the car is in seemingly perfect condition. About four months ago we were getting it inspected and as we are waiting in line, smoke starts pouring from the hood. We find...

This is my first experience with rotaries. I recently purchased an 86 RX7 from a guy who had been fiddling with it for the last few years, where it had been sitting in his shed. It has an overheating problem, and after getting the coolant flushed and thermostat replaced, it overheats even faster...

I haven't been on in a long time, but I'm hoping you guys can help me out. I've been having overheating issues for a while now. In the past my car was overheating all the time. I've since replaced the thermostat, and the radiator cap. It's still overheating but now it seems to only overheat...

Ok, so my car started overheating yesterday. I haven't noticed any leaks but yesterday on my way home from work the temp gauge rose and my coolant overflow tank began to release steam. To me that sounds like it would be a waterpump issue, but is it possible that it could just be the...

My 96 Protege 1.5 Liter has been overheating for a while. We replaced the water pump and the thermostat. It still overheats, it doesn't make it all the way up to the H but it's always 3/4 of the way there. When the heater is on it doesn't overheat at all. What's next?

-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...

Hello all I just joined this community to ask if overheating is a typical problem with the 1996 mazda protege lx. I've been to two mechanics and so far they've concluded that the fan, hoses, thermostat, & lack of coolant fluid are NOT to blame for overheating. One mechanic told me it was...