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by gmbyjeff
May 25th, 2008, 1:05 am
Forum: 4-Cyl. Technical/Performance
Topic: 92 mazda MX3 wont start!! Electrical prob!!
Replies: 3
Views: 779

92 mazda MX3 wont start!! Electrical prob!!

So I posted earlier about distributor problems. That got solved and it ran great untill yesterday.... 1992 MX3 1.6 4cyl SOHC Manual Transmission I was backing into a spot, and it died. Thought maybe it stalled cuz I was being stupid or something.... tried to re-start... DIDNT WORK. Tried a couple mo...
by gmbyjeff
May 25th, 2008, 12:54 am
Forum: 4-Cyl. Technical/Performance
Topic: Car not starting up?? 1.6 manual
Replies: 14
Views: 319

Re: Car not starting up?? 1.6 manual

Figured out the problem. The distributor I purchased was shot. Changed it out, worked and starts fine!! NEW PROBLEM THOUGH.... Car has been running great these last couple of days... BUT yesterday, I went to back up into a spot and it died!! Tried to make sure all plugs and wires were good, distribu...
by gmbyjeff
May 19th, 2008, 8:44 am
Forum: 4-Cyl. Technical/Performance
Topic: Car not starting up?? 1.6 manual
Replies: 14
Views: 319

Re: Car not starting up?? 1.6 manual

Noooooo... those things are terrible. Just the single pronged Champion ones. Those work pretty good usually, but they work as good as the cheap Autolite ones at the moment...
by gmbyjeff
May 19th, 2008, 12:09 am
Forum: 4-Cyl. Technical/Performance
Topic: Car not starting up?? 1.6 manual
Replies: 14
Views: 319

Re: Car not starting up?? 1.6 manual

Oh, I'm sorry... kinda forgot about that! 1992 1.6 SOHC manual transmission NEW battery no ticking... when I try and start it, it turns over. Occasionally it sputters once or so but doesnt start. I did bump start it yesterday and that seemed to work and continued to run afterwards. Also, I just inst...
by gmbyjeff
May 18th, 2008, 11:19 pm
Forum: 4-Cyl. Technical/Performance
Topic: Car not starting up?? 1.6 manual
Replies: 14
Views: 319

Car not starting up?? 1.6 manual

So the car SOMETIMES starts up... When it doesnt start, I let it sit and then either clean the plugs I had in it(which are relatively new because I bought them a week ago!) or put NEW plugs in and it seems to fix that issue.... I put the gap at .044(what schucks told me and what your other forum sai...
by gmbyjeff
May 5th, 2008, 1:03 am
Forum: 4-Cyl. Technical/Performance
Topic: Just bought 92' mx3 4 cyl. manual. Stalls occasionally???
Replies: 3
Views: 383

Just bought 92' mx3 4 cyl. manual. Stalls occasionally???

Ok, so like the subject says, I bought a 92' MX3 4 cyl. manual transmission. This is my problem: The car starts fine. Once its warmed up after a bit, it tends to want to stall out on me if I do not give it gas still and the clutch is engaged. For instance, if I am at a stop light and put the clutch ...

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