1995 626, whos had one, tell me what to look for
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 999
Total Cats: 0
1995 626, whos had one, tell me what to look for
I just got a 1995 Mazda 626 with the 4 cyl, and 5 speed. Can anyone that has experiance with this car tell me some things i should look for that may go wrong on this car? It has 180k on it.
#4
It's very similar to the old Mx6 RS I had with the FS 4-banger. Yep, stay on top of the timing belt. The 5-speed is a good unit. the ATX in those cars was complete ****, so good job on avoiding that.
The FS is a fairly bullet-proof engine. A buddy of mine had almost 275,000 miles on his old MX6 with that motor, and he beat the crap out of it on a daily basis.
The FS is a fairly bullet-proof engine. A buddy of mine had almost 275,000 miles on his old MX6 with that motor, and he beat the crap out of it on a daily basis.
#5
Senior Member
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 999
Total Cats: 0
Awesome, all good news. I did know ahead of time to stay away from the auto trans. THis car is very clean on the inside, and i got it for 2k, hopefully i can get another 20-40k miles out of it. I will prolly go ahead and change the timing belt soon. I think the clutch is about done too, it doesnt slip, but the peddle doesnt have much travel.
#6
the 2.0L 626 with manual trans is a bulletproof machine if you do one fix
there is only one deffect I know of which all these have - the coil ingnitor fails, but for few bucks you get few wires and GM HEI ignitor from your local auto parts store and wire it externally ... and in 10 minutes your engine is up and running again.
you better do that mod in advance otherwise you'll get stranded sometimes somewhere to the side of the road
there is only one deffect I know of which all these have - the coil ingnitor fails, but for few bucks you get few wires and GM HEI ignitor from your local auto parts store and wire it externally ... and in 10 minutes your engine is up and running again.
you better do that mod in advance otherwise you'll get stranded sometimes somewhere to the side of the road
#9
The distributor doesn't even have to be opened for this mod to be done. It is a 15 minutes thing and a trip to the local auto parts store
#11
Senior Member
Thread Starter
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 999
Total Cats: 0
does anyone know if this is an obdI car or OBDII ? It passed emissions, but the check engine light keeps commin on just after i start driving it.. restart the car, and it goes away, untill you drive again.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
elesjuan
Build Threads
9
11-14-2018 12:18 PM