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melmaz
 Post subject: new girl!!
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hi as i was looking for info on a 1997 lxi and found your site! i am to buy a 323lxi 1997 with 98k in red tomorrow. it has a broken areial but no biggy anything else to watch. do they have chain or cambelts? i used to have the pop up headlight mazda in blue loved it. am looking forward to seeing it but sounds all lagit. thanks.
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Welcome, its a belt not chain. :thumbright:

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Welcome :thumbright:

The BA's are on cambelts and are prone for the areial's breaking. Rear arches can rust, drop links can knock and exhausts. But apart from that they are pretty solid.
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Welcome :)

They are cam belt, but are non interference, so not a massive problem if they break ;)



So, you had a BG before, gotta love pop up lights 8)

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Welcome in. Also worth checking the spare wheel well for water collection ;)
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Welcome, Nice choice of Colour!
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The BA's are prone for the areial's breaking.

Just like mine. :(
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Rear arches can rust

Just like mine. :(
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drop links can knock

Just like mine. :(
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But apart from that they are pretty solid.

Just like mine. :)

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Yay, Another Girl :blob3:

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they have a combelt, but there is a chan between the dohc system. that could be the confusion! welcome!
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Hi Mel, welcome in. :D
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melmaz
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hi thanks for replies!! hes got to take it to garage this morning for a rotar arm in the dizzy? for the ignition? thought they were fuel injected? says the part £8.00.
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karissabob
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melmaz wrote:
for a rotar arm in the dizzy? for the ignition? thought they were fuel injected?


Yep, they are fuel injected, but you need a working distributor and rotor arm to ignite the fuel you've injected in there ;)
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melmaz
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are silly me i should know better been around cars all my life!!
also would you know were to get a new aerial from im in ipswich area, think eastern autos would, not much on ebay for these cars good thing in a way less goes wrong hope!! ;)
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Maplin sell them. I know a few of us have Maplin aerials. If not find a breaker and give them a try!

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melmaz
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ok well he has withdrawn from sale as the car isnt running right! he is trying to fix it as its misfiring by taking it back to garage, so dont know when it or if it be ok. an i need a car ha!! anyone know of another for sale got £800 in me pocket lol.
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hi and welcome! There are plenty of F's on gumtree and ebay!

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melmaz
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yeah tried ebay nothing and gumtree nothing not within 100miles anyhow will keep looking thanks all....
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where abouts are you again??
get a BG with popups!!
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melmaz
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hello im in or near ipswich suffolk thanks
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:D yay another girlie! :D welcome to the club

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melmaz
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thanks no joy with the mazda. am keep looking may have to get something else for a while as have no car shame really but there we are thanks for all your replies.
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Keep looking Mel - you'll find one soon :thumbleft:

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You tried pistonheads? They have loads of cars for sale on there

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.a ... =&nodays=0
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melmaz
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thanks guy you all sooooooooooo nice. found 2 miles down road a 1994 323f 2.0 v6 in emerald green. black/green its done 145k, 4 months tax,mot had new cambelt its clean going to see it today what do you think? bit con about milage.
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If looked after mileage isn't too much of a problem, a 60k neglected engine could be a lot worse. Check for smoke from the exhaust when starting and for breathing excessively through the oil filler cap / breather pipe. Most engine wear occurrs when cold, so a lot of high mileage cars have done a lot of long journeys. The main thing is the Cambelt has been recently changed!

Also have a good think about the gearbox and CV joints. Any noises be prepared to replace these items.

If the mileage is High this should be reflected in the price. so you should get a bargain if the car is OK.

Good luck :-)
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melmaz
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ok thanks will let you know how i get on though think i gonna get wet hasnt stopped raining here!!!
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