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Old Nov 8, 2002 | 07:53 AM
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Well I think the engine took a **** on me yesterday, what do you think. I was driving at 40mph and all of a sudden I could hear a slight muffling sound and a total power loss. I managed to pull the car in a parking lot before it shut off so I looked under the hood and I could find nothing wrong or out of the ordinary. So I tried to start my car while my friend was trying to see if he could see anything out of the ordinary, but all you would hear when trying to start was the starter and you could smell fuel. Its as if there is no rotation or compression for that matter. There was no smoke coming from the engine bay or the exhaust, no over temp, or weird vibration's of any type. All my IC piping, intake piping, fluids, belts, throttle cable, spark plug wires and spark plugs are good. I changed my fuel filter about one year ago, so I don't think its a lack of fuel. I am going to do a search on how to tell if the engine is getting compression, but if anyone has ever had this problem or has an idea on what it may be please let me know what you did to fix it.
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 08:03 AM
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Check your Map sensor + connection
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 11:58 AM
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See if there's any coolant left in the radiator. If not, you may have lost a coolant seal, and that's why it won't start.
Old Nov 8, 2002 | 12:02 PM
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pull the spark plugs and egi fuse. crank make sure year loud whooshes.. if you miss a whoosh your missing a seal
Old Nov 12, 2002 | 07:11 AM
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I have compression, ignition, and fuel so I think it might be the ECU so I am going to take the ECU to Mazda and have them check it out. Is there a chance that it might be my crack angle sensor if so do any of you now how I might be able to test the sensors to see if they are in good working order. Well these are my two last options so I hope this fixes it because after this I am all out of ideas.
Old Nov 12, 2002 | 09:23 AM
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bring it to steve kan let him check it out !
Old Nov 12, 2002 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by vosko' date='Nov 12 2002, 09:23 AM
bring it to steve kan let him check it out !
Just might have to.
Old Nov 12, 2002 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by FD THREE S' date='Nov 8 2002, 08:03 AM
Check your Map sensor + connection
how can i check the map sensor beside checking the hose coming off of it
Old Nov 12, 2002 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Drifter93' date='Nov 12 2002, 10:39 AM
how can i check the map sensor
its on the firewall on the driver's side. he means make sure its plugged in. the connector and vacuum hose. if its not connected car won't start
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