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yea I thought colour of a connector was dubious way to confirm the type! But yea checked the VIN off the EPC and it shows my cars a 93 style model. So it's all good

lol now you answer me
been cracking up for days!

But thanks anyways man!

I finally found out, my brother dug out the EPC (electronic parts catalogue). I typed in the VIN and my mx3 is in reality a 93 model manufactured 15th may 94 :D:D:D:D:D KLZE here we come! (after the bilsteins& springs get sorted) :P Oh and if anyone else is in the horrilbe situation I was PM or ...

ok I haven't found any OBD II connectors. People keep telling me that because my car is a uk 1995 N reg it is going to be OBDII. I really have to sort this out once and for all. On a UK forum one of the guys said if the ECU has 4 connectors its OBDII, OBDI have 2/3. Mine has 3, so does this 100% con...

I added high temp sealant, to be honest I'm not sure if its needed or wise. But I noticed the old one had traces of liquid gasket, so I thought it would be wise to scrape that out and replace it. -I put a thin line of liquid gasket all along the inside grove of the valve cover -Set the cover on top ...

Ahh well I reckon I could be at the back one in about an hour now, as I know what I'm doing. I'd say it took me 3hours to get at it first time, as I'm very new to mechanics and didn't want to trash anything. I'd say it'd be no problem doing it over the weekend. Are you wanting to get at the rear one...

Being from Northern Ireland I used a UK store's gaskets: http://www.fordprobestore.co.uk/store/product_info.php?cPath=51_74&products_id=489 The gaskets were a great fit, and I also used some extra Hermetite Instant Gasket Red, just to be sure with the awkward rear one. Yep 5.0-8.8 Nm according t...

yep I used my old bolts, the torque on the valve covers is very low, so I'd be surprised if you ran into trouble there. I think it said about 8nm in the manual maybe? That's from memory though, if you need to know I'll look it up

well for the rear one you gotta: disconnect your air intake disconnect vacuum hoses and coolant hoses disconnect various sensors off the throttle body etc pull the fuel lines out (depressurize first by pulling the relay connection whilst running under the rear seat) then take off intake manifold the...

Well today my intake manifold gaskets arrived from the very reliable fordprobestore.co.uk. Just a pity about the rain! So because our garage is totally full of crap I had to think of another plan- the gazebo! http://marcharrington.com/mx3/gazebo.JPG haha the ridiculous looks I was getting for my wee...

http://marcharrington.com/mx3/messygasket.jpg You can see ye olde gaskets have had their day! http://marcharrington.com/mx3/cams.jpg Oil everywhere! http://marcharrington.com/mx3/crunchy.jpg Crunchy gasket - came out in pieces, more coke than kate moss. http://marcharrington.com/mx3/matching.jpg Ne...

Well I have a valve cover gasket spare, so i'm putting that on along with new intake manifold gaskets as they are knackered too. So i'm hoping your right! But yea if that doesn't work ill go for the compression test, thanks Nate!

My car has been spluttering, sounding like it's misfiring BADLY. So I took out my spark plugs and when I got to the last plug on the rear bank, I pulled it out and it was seriously dripping in oil (on the inside). There was also small traces of oil on the rest of them, but I didn't think much of it....

Also, I have the diagnostic connector under the hood, as well as the OBD-II plug on the passenger side. If I try to pull CEL codes from the diagnostic conncector by jumping TEN and Ground, I don't get any code. sweet :D I remember pulling codes with an LED from that when my dizzy died! I'll double ...

Hey,

Can someone confirm for me where exactly the OBDII connector is? I'm trying to finally work out if my late 95 reg 1.8 v6 is OBDI or II.

And yes I've searched the site! Is it in the centre under the fan controls? Or is there an easier way to tell?

Thanks for your help