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I'm gonna go look at it tomorrow if the weather isn't too bad. Don't think the guy knows what he has since he thinks it's got a "turbo"....
Seller said: I sell mazda protege 2001 I think it needs some work smokes engine starts and runs has clear title brings turbo runs very fast very economical on gas is 4 cilynders....NO CALLS.ONLY TEXT
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/4354826799.html
Those things can really hustle through the corners!
Okay, went to look at it.
Tires are bald, right front is flat and the spare is on. Radio missing, windshield cracked, left lower foglight lense is cracked. Has a set of aftermarket headers on it with header wrap on it. Smokes like a freight train out of a little crack on the headers. Once it gets kinda warm, the smoke dissipates. Has the shortest short throw shifter I've ever seen. No idiot lights on the dash.
Any ideas on what it would cause it to smoke? Valve stem seals? PCV?
Probably both... I think those are both failure points on that motor. I've also seen a valve cover leak so bad it eats away the intake and/or exhaust manifold gaskets away...
Then pools in the manifold. Smokey mess on startup.
Buy it, worst case I'll buy the exhaust parts and the PCM from you!
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