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poped my spark plugs out and there was some crap on them (looked like oily water, i had known some water got in while charging the battery a few nights ago (damn snowstorms)) and the rough idle's gone now.. my ac belt is very loose so i'm trying to tighten that up a bit, i always have problems with ...

it dosn't even so much as drip while its running, i sat there looking for like 10 mins or so, even had a family member rev it for a bit... went to start it eariler and it was blowing a brown smoke on and off, and its idle is pulseing now (goes from low to high).... i used to enjoy working on this ca...

yeah i checked the fuse, i ended up just hard-wireing my blower-motor to my fuse box under power windoes fuse, which i dont have, so atleast i have heat now, but a new issue cropped up (my luck... i swear)... i have a bad oil leak from somewhere that is soaking my alt belt and alt, and i cant find w...

hrm smoke issue is over, just stopped smokeing except a tiny puff that smells like nothing when i first start it so i'm not worrying anymore (and it has full fluids, no dropping)... now onto my heat, winter without it kinda sux.... i've replaced the blower motor based of a friends promise that it wa...

this is my car (if i can figure out how to post images here, hopefully this will work)

ok, removed my alty belt, sprayed the pully down with degreaser, washed it off, put the belt on, tightened it and sprayed it with belt dressing, no more squal, charging fine... now onto my smoke troubles, it looks almsot like that from http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=75344" o...

ok, not quite ready to give up, ran her today for the hell of it and the smoke issue stopped after about 2 mins down the street. i can live with that for now so its back to my alty.. are there any easy ways to test what's putting a load on it? if so can you describe it pls (absolute novice as to wha...

i checked my pulleys etc etc, all seem fine, belt is straight (someone showed me a test you can do with a ruler to see if its properly aligned, it went on flat). so its gotta be something that's putting too large a load on it, it charges fine until i put it in gear so thats bout 4-5 mins later, figu...

bah was going great, no smoke, no squeaking, etc... brand new alt belt blew 15 mins down the street... damn...

heh the night after i posted this i lost my alt belt... always have a hell of a time replacing that, usually get it on, then have to mess with it for a few to get it to charge and not squeal. (in progress) as soon as my car's cooled off i'm gonna go to town with a degreaser, and do a oil change with...

so i finally got my car running again (new disty cause my ignition coil failed) i have a 94 mx-3, 16 v dohc 4 cylinder. it only has about 120k on it i've replaced my exhaust, disy, alternator, plugs and wires, brakes, calips, rotors, and a window manual crank by myself so far with minimal knowledge ...

ok, by hacking my way through the car with chilton print outs in hand i've come to the conclusion that i need to replace my entire distributer, as my ignition coil is built into it, and it failed the resistance check described in chilton (pin a to pin c on the 3 pin connector, between .65 and .8, i'...

found my chilton cd, not running as blind anymore.

so i got my 94 mx-3 a couple of years ago as my senior gift, they got it cheap as it broke down in our yard (110k miles) , i had to replace the alternator to get it running fine, and the exhaust to pass inspection. then it stopped fireing on all cylinders, replaces plugs, wires, dist rotor, and dist...