Mazda 323 Issue Thread: Post your problem.

[FMA340]

I have a problem with my BJ that has been happening a few weeks now. Someone told me it's the clutch inside the tranny going thru & another said it might be the thermostat.

In the morning or whenever the car is parked for a few hours, when I put the gear in drive, the car refuses to move. Mashing X will only rev the engine and still not cause it to move. [Though if I put it in R, it will reverse like normal]. After about a minute or more, it will start to roll slowly, then eventually begin to drive normally. Definitely a transmission problem?

[damieG82]

thats definitely not the thermostat so forget that

i suggest you get it scanned to determine the problem. Apparently not all problems result in the hold light flashing. It sounds like the valve-body and/or shift solenoids.

[FMA340]

I know the Line Pressure Solenoid is going bad, so it's probably causing this problem too.

[bodog1]

guys i need sum info....my car is a local but d basic model, i bought it from southern sales used... (1)it didnt come with ac n thing but dey put in ah universal set up wit ah universal compressor nw d compressor bad n ah new one is like $2400. so wat kinda compressor i cud used dat will line up other dan d universal? (2) where i cud get ah d sensor dat is used to put on d radiator? southern sales dont hav.... tanks

[RuMS]

ok so my problem..

wen running my protege between 100-120km/h d abs light n handbrakes light does come on..i does hv to pull over n switch off...then bak to normal...electrical prob rite???

an ah need new shocks anybdy kno d price?

[nareshseep]

abs sensor gorn!

[RuMS]

o.o
:-O

so waz d fix?

[nareshseep]

Well dude you have to figure out which one bad, did you change axles or remove the axles recently? Well first do a diagnostic, replace abs and you good to go, take it easy on wet roads or around corners till then.

[RuMS]

well d mechanic went in an change VJ n bushing.....

i wonder wa d price is to replace that?

sighz...if is not 1 problem to fix is another....

[nareshseep]

I really not sure but I think 600-800, did the axle seize and where they hammering it , that normally frigs it up bad

[RuMS]

idk wat dey did...i wasnt around.....

where cud i get a good diagnostic in south an cost?

[speed2]

ok hear whats my problem. wen i reach over 220 km/h my car jus wants to go faster.

[FullStop]

ok hear whats my problem. wen i reach over 220 km/h my car jus wants to go faster.

ey ey ey , not cool man, not cool, nibiru is a badass, lol

[speed2]

ok hear whats my problem. wen i reach over 220 km/h my car jus wants to go faster.

ey ey ey , not cool man, not cool, nibiru is a badass, lol

this what i sayin. it goes faster than 220. and know i have the original shocks so i press the switch it goes up like a land rover and press it again it goes down low. "air ride." thanks to maztune. now the only thing i need to get it back to original is the part in the engine room for the cruise control to work.and soon there would bee 300 hp at 4 wheels. if the box would take it.

[shimon]

goodday sorry if i double posting but i cant seem to get a str8 ans anyways i recently bought a mazda 323 bj the singapore version with the flairs etc anways the gas tank cover says min 95ron but i using super 92 ron and the other day i was going up a hill no ac on and here slight rattle very slight herd it again today when i pull off on a flat road whats up???

should i use premium since it says so on the gas cover or ??? btw i changed the oil using 10w 30 mobil 1 cleaned the airflow wit contact cleaner new air filter i cleaned the tps the only thing i haved tackled where the injectors and gas filter oh changed to the ngk ir plugs i didt gap them i just droped them in anyways any help would be great.

[shimon]

or btw the car has 94,673km on it just a mention

[nareshseep]

if its the zmde engine, super should be fine, if you have tranny, check the knock sensor on the back of the engine right below the manifold to see if it leaking black "gooey" stuff, if yes replace. other than that I suggest a diagnostic too see what is really going on in there. Also clean injectors and what spark plugs are you running?

[shimon]

well im using ngk ir plgs cant remeber the part number ill chck the knock sensor wen i go down stairs the knock sensor can i access it from the engine bay or i gotta go under the car ? ill take out the plugs and check for detonation (the brown ring aroud the spark plug) thanks btw

[nareshseep]

Search and ye shall find...

this thread will be of help
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=259987&hilit=knock+sensor&start=30

[shimon]

yes remember google is your friend lolz seems like i forgot

[FullStop]

bump, forum gettin dirty, BJ issues go here, mazda 3 issues go in the mazda 3 thread

[shimon]

Goodday tuners im pretty new to owning a mazda protege and recently I started messing with it (bad idea). I thought to myself why dont I put a inline fuel filter on the gas line going to the rail since I did it on my pops almera with no problems little did I know that the fuel line on these bj's are actually very thin it has a protective rubber around the real line which is a hard plastic its so thin even if you cut of the fat end of a b14 filter the line will fit INSIDE THE STR8 END OF THE B14 FILTER LOL.

anyways so the problem is i took off the special connector clips from the old line and bought a pice of hose as close to thin as the orignal line as possible i cut it almost exact same lenght now the problem is my remote start dont work and the car takes more tumbles to turn over now its like its not building the pressure it used to before i messed with the line any ideas peeps I wanna get the original line from a half cut but i just find it weird that although i have the line close to perfect as the original why should it be giving this problem the remote start works fine only when i start the car with the key and the pressure builds and if i were to start the car with the remote start lets say within 10min sometimes a couple hours one the pressure is still in the system it will turn over to test what i said if i were to open the gas cover and release the pressure and tried to start the car with the remote start it will not start and with the key it just tumbles longer than usual plz assist tuners THANKS.

[nareshseep]

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[FullStop]

ok, shimon, line and pressure loss aside, i dont know what the problem is na, oh shimon, did u remove the fuel rail when you were doing this?

[shimon]

no bro, i went in the bamboo today i got a original line for it it came from a 2.0 version so the connector for the rail has a 90 degree instead of a str8 connector well so far the car seems to start ok with the key but it has problems still starting with the remote start as i said the only thing i did was cut the line and now i put back the original line still nada remote start works whenever the car isnt sitting for long.

the only othr two things what happened after i cut the line to put on the filter was i took out my ir plug cleaned and gapped them at 40 thou
or and i blew a fuse the one for the rear view mirror and cigarette lighter after using one of those vaccumes inside the car i replaced the fuse the only thing what could be causing this is a weak pump , gas cover, cam sensor idk im stumped

[323tuner]

It sounds like several events took place in addition to your fuel line change out, if the car starts properly using the key now & it doesn't start with the remote start option, then you should get a technician to check out the alarm system.... there are additional fuses within the alarm wire harness, you may have blown some or damaged the alarm unit while using the vacuum cleaner

[shimon]

Well upon further use the car still hard starten wen cold with or without the key not cool im stumped i retraced my steps but nothing works

[FullStop]

did you per chance do an engine wash?

[shimon]

nope no engine washi trid looking on the net but i cant find out how to tell if a cam sensor is bad can anyone assist

[FullStop]

if crans sensor is bad car wont tumble, if cam sensor is bad, car will cut off intermittently