I have a Mazda 626 1994 2.0l model (at least i believe its the 1994, how do you check what year your model is?)
Anyways I just got the car about 3 months ago with 197000km on the clock and already over 200k.
At first i was happy with the car but now I am starting to pick up all the small little nitty gritties that it has.
My major problem is that every 2 weeks i have to put in about 1l of oil. I tend to know this when i suddenly start hearing my tappets (a noticeable ticking sound). Top it up with oil and after a few km's no more noise.
I have looked for the two signs:
Smoke - none
Oil Leaks - none
This concerns me as i should not be going through so much oil. After discussions with a friend, he re-inforced my theory that my rings might be the problem. He suggested a simple test where i take off the oil cap while the engine is running and feel for air coming out of the engine. There is quite a bit of air coming out!
That leads me to the other problem ... i have no power/acceleration going up hills or when i get to 3rd gear. In 5th gear i am barely able to maintain going up at 120km and once going downhill i suddenly can get to 180km easily (not that i do this all the time ... was just um fault finding *smile* )
So I am led to believe that I have some sort of compression loss resulting in no power. But dont actually know what is causing it. I wouldnt mind fixing it myself to save money but do not mind taking it through to a dealer to get sorted out. I would just like to actually know what is the most likely cause of the problem so that i can see if the dealer tries to screw me.
Anyways I just got the car about 3 months ago with 197000km on the clock and already over 200k.
At first i was happy with the car but now I am starting to pick up all the small little nitty gritties that it has.
My major problem is that every 2 weeks i have to put in about 1l of oil. I tend to know this when i suddenly start hearing my tappets (a noticeable ticking sound). Top it up with oil and after a few km's no more noise.
I have looked for the two signs:
Smoke - none
Oil Leaks - none
This concerns me as i should not be going through so much oil. After discussions with a friend, he re-inforced my theory that my rings might be the problem. He suggested a simple test where i take off the oil cap while the engine is running and feel for air coming out of the engine. There is quite a bit of air coming out!
That leads me to the other problem ... i have no power/acceleration going up hills or when i get to 3rd gear. In 5th gear i am barely able to maintain going up at 120km and once going downhill i suddenly can get to 180km easily (not that i do this all the time ... was just um fault finding *smile* )
So I am led to believe that I have some sort of compression loss resulting in no power. But dont actually know what is causing it. I wouldnt mind fixing it myself to save money but do not mind taking it through to a dealer to get sorted out. I would just like to actually know what is the most likely cause of the problem so that i can see if the dealer tries to screw me.
Jun 19, 2006 at 8:46 AM