Apologies if this is not in the right section, I have a few problems i need some advice on, so would appreciate any help
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I bought my car in May 2009 from a garage who got it in a PX, apart from a little carpark dent on driver door and some other minor dings, it seemed fine, MOT passed no advisorys, new cambelt and brake pads fitted, they said it was a 1.6 auto with mx-5 engine. Not a v6.
Anyway all seemed ok (nothing to compare to really as drove a Saab 900 before lol) but it felt sluggish when pulling away and seemed to drink fuel, as well as a fuel smell on exiting car from exhaust area. I then noticed something leaking under car when i pulled away from car park space, so i felt it and it smelled like oil. I took it to my mechanic to investigate the crappy fuel consumption, and he noticed the following;
* wrong maf sensor and air box - doesn't line up, also a pipe for airbox(filter) not connected as nothing to connect to because wrong air box.
* steel cooler pipes for auto transmission rusted - need replacing (he has fixed this now)
* The rocker cover for gasket had had sealant used to seal it and lots of it so when this expanded it has leaked over front, quite a lot.
* i think he said cv joint needs attention as when he drove it, he could hear ticking.
also he thinks it's not a 1.6 after all, as engine does not look same when he compared it to the manual booklet (garage gave me the manual when i bought it they also said it was registered in UK in 1999) I checked this out on internet too with my registration number.
He seems to think it could be a 1.8 or lower than 1.6??? as it just doesn't look as it should.
I do remember the garage telling me the prev owner had done some mods on it, and naively when garage said it had passed MOT, i assumed this meant it was all up to spec and OK.
Sorry for such a long post (i'm a woman!
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If i take some pics and post them on here of engine can somebody experienced in mx-3 auto's take a look and let me know what they think???
Also any suggestions on correct maf sensor and air box/filter? please.
To give you an idea of how crappy fuel consumption is I filled tank up full = £46 (GBP)
and all i got was 70 miles!!! Now i have heard that auto's aren't great for fuel economy but surely i should get more than this??
Anyway will stop rambling now
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Any ideas and advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated
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I'll post some pics shortly
Thank you in advance