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I see, thanks and yea the valve seals was something along the lines my mechanic said.

Good news is I passed emissions but barely (got 0.30 and limit was 0.30). The Ignition timing trick seemed to work.

Ill have the valve guide seals replaced soon, need to get my timing belt done first.

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Thanks man, this will be useful as a reference if anything ever goes wrong with the car cooling wise!

Thanks for the help, and when I bought the car it was sitting for about 2 months, I've driven it for a good few months before I went through the inspection though. The car is not OBD1 or OBD2 it seems, as even Mazda centre had to scan it as an MX-5 with some older equipment.

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If a "high flow" catalytic converter was used at any time, it's junk and needs to be replaced. Do you know what the HC numbers were looking like?

also, vacuum leaks after the air flow meter and TPS could cause it to show high HCs. Try retarding the timing a bit as well.

No idea if a high-flow ...

At a inspection centre sorry for the "black bars" was taking this pic behind a window

I've been looking to fit leather seats in my MX-3 for a few months, eventually came across a RX-8 at a scrap yard and couldn't resist to try to fit them and just to let people know, you CAN fit RX8 seats in a MX-3 (a 97' model in my case) without much trouble and they do look fantastic.
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Savin wrote:I just use denatured alcohol. 1 gallon of it in a 1/4 tank of fuel. It'll almost read zero on all stats across the board.

Hmm, might try this too... thanks man

I'll probably get a new catalytic converter before changing my rings, if cat wont help then ill try the seafoam trick.
I'd try acetone too but pure acetone is quite hard to find here in Ireland.

Ill check if its power steering fluid that's leaking, would be surprised if it was though.

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Hi all, new here - Proud owner of a 1997 UK-Spec MX-3 1.6 DOHC 107hp.

Not sure whether its better to get straight to the point or introduce myself and if this is the best place in the forum to introduce myself... Anyhow, bought the car in May and absolutely fell in love with it, it feels nothing ...