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Just for completeness, let me say that this problem turned out to be a bad distributor. Total repair ran around $700 for the distributor and temp sensor replacement. So it's good news, bad news... no gasket problems, but MX-3 GS distributors aint cheap either.<P>Hope this helps the next guy.

I brought the car to a dealer garage, and they say (after looking in a database) that it's most likely a faulty temperature sensor. He tested the part, and it seemed to be out of whack. Replacing it should be about $250, but not guaranteed to solve the problem.<P>Anybody think this is not the way to ...

Drogan:<P>I sure hope you're right. A new distributor & wires would be much cheaper than taking my engine apart. I'm a little doubtful though... my car is sometimes cutting out while going slow, too. Seems pretty random, like its based on a certain amount of driving time or something. <P>Did your ...

Actually, after talking to a few mechanics, it may or may not be the head gasket. An equally likely suspect may be the valve cover gasket (more likely to seep oil?).<P>The car is driving fine, but will cut out completely if I go too fast, say above 40 mph, for any length of time. No high-temperature ...

Well, I found out this morning that I've got a seeping head gasket on my 92 MX-3 GS (130K mileage). The car has been running well, just going through oil a bit more rapidly than it used to... maybe up to qt a month. Its still driveable, just have to keep topping with oil. (The radiator was cracked ...