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Should a vacuum gauge for the K8 be measured between 0-70Hg or else 0-30Hg ?

The stock sensor for the gauge is a simple thermistor 10K or maybe 100K NTC. That means the sensor, as the themperature rises, allows less current to pass trough the wire from ground signal. It works just like a resistor does in electronics, so I think one resistor could be shared. Just measure the ...

What kind of thermistor is used by those aftermarket temp gauges ?

Why not getting the temp from the gauge temp sensor ?

maybe they are the same kind of NTC...

There's a store in UK with many gaskets for the MX3 http://www.fordprobestore.co.uk On Ebay.co.uk you can find complete head gasket set for the K8 at 60 pounds http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAZDA-MX3-EUNOS-CRONOS-1-8-V6-Eng-K8-HEAD-GASKET-SET_W0QQitemZ110131907556QQihZ001QQcategoryZ21654QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZW...

2x timming belt jumped a tooth Happend to me when changed the belt. Car hould still run but ONLY with the disty rotated to the max. So, one week later, I had the time to remove it and applied the belt properly to the cams. ( the R one is not so obvious to point) Then it worked OK with the disty at m...

Mnemonic wrote:egr has nothing to do with how the car runs, you can run a ze all day long on a k8 ecu with no egr and it wont have any issues, egr is for emissions.

Maybe it isn't a ZE. Not the first person getting fooled....

Mnemonic wrote:Oh for the bulk buy i'll do half price, Son of Sam CAI comes in anodized red, with black cupplers, and spiked collar clamps.

...then it should be on appearence section.

I wonder how that LCF666 look and sounds like.

It's been a while now. How come nobody says whats going on?

It looks to me as EGR problem. Pull the codes to confirm.

I reset ECU pulled codes again then all is cleared except for code 29 (no big deal right EGR valve vent) no more code 04 until I start the car then the CEL comes on again and stays lit. Then Pull codes one more time and there is was again code 04. Sometimes the codes tell ya everything. The reason ...

This must be something related to automatic timming adjustment the motor does. I don't know how it works but I know we can ear it... Jump TEN + GND, put the car ON (ignition OFF) and rotate the disty. Can you ear the motor adjusting itself internaly? On my GS I can ear it. If it does not, maybe that...

Sounds like my EGR problem.

Jump TEN and GND plus a LED between B+ and FEN

If it's code 16, Bingo. Just unplug EGR and go out for a spin...

Do you mean that compression is the free space between piston and cilinder head when piston is on top?

I thought it was the strengh of pistons rings... but now it makes more sense. Thanks

Hey Tunes67 why is lower compression better for turbo?

is to allow excessive boosted air escape through piston rings??