I thought I had a bad fuel pump, but now I have no idea what is wrong.

[Scottwax]

Originally Posted by kaval

very good point. Scott I'd recommend getting a ful diagnostic of your engine as it may open your eyes to other potential problems that will affect you in the future. Have your mechanic do a leakdown test for you.

I'm shocked that the crankshaft pulley came apart..that's nuts!

Anyways good luck with your car troubles and I hope the rain clears out for you.

The engine on those cars is the most reliable part from what I understand...provided you change the oil and filter regularly. I've been running synthetic motor oil in it since I bought it. It is the other stuff that gets to me and I think that stupid overflow tanks has a lot to do with it. Not to mention the crappy leather (my driver's seat needs to have the leather replaced) and my headliner is coming down in back now. Plus...for some reason the weather strip around the door openings isn't pressed into a groove, it is glued on and every summer, the adhesive gets gooey and the weather strips pull away from the body of the car.

Real shame that Mazda wraps a great engine and decent handling with a car that isn't in the same league. The main reason I bought the car is that my brother has had several and never had a problem with them. He put 215,000 miles on his '87 626 GT (turbo) and the original engine, transmission and turbo were all in great shape when he sold the car. Other than tune-ups and brakes, the only other thing he did to it was a clutch at 160,000 miles.

[simracer]

Yeah, I'm afraid that the more that Ford has gotten involved with Mazda, the worse off Mazdas have gotten. Our '95 Millennia wasn't much of anything but trouble. Had a nice sporty feel for being a fat 626. But there were so few of them out there that help in the form of forums and enthusiast boards were few and far between.

The day we sold that car I danced a jig.