ok ill try to remember what i can but please allow for mistakes its late haha
ba was a pretty good seller but remember bad feedback about poor rear visiblity,mechanicaly 1.5 was a little under powered but was a brand new design of engine and has the cam very close together,think its the only engine with cams that close and runs chain and timing belt which is very unique,it was very reliable (as usual) but it was allowed to get low on water,ie rad damage tended to warp the block so rebore or new block needed,dont panic the ones i saw had melted the plug leads they were that hot haha
1.8 is bp code and came from 323 1.8 gt and modified for gtx/r slightly detuned for emmisions purposes (was put in mx-5 too),i believe it was cam timing so 89-94 gti cams shouls sort that out,but dont quote me on it,never tried it but often wondered??....pretty indestructable engine,ive had bg gtis at 180,000 miles and they were fine,tended to burn a bit of oil as got older but not smokey like cvh and the like.
2.0 v6 is a great engine used in mx-3 (smallest capacity v6 in production eva i belive and best handling front wheel drive car in its 1st and 2nd year) mx-6 and xedos 6 and 9 then redisgned cylinder heads in super charger miller (which also has variable compression ratio,not a lot of people know that) and 3.0 in mpvs etc,,also have seen 3.0 diesel which was in a range rover as replacement for dirty land rover engine...
again heard rumours of v6 throwing rods but have never seen one or had any of mine do it and i try not to let it get coked up....
there was a problem with a rattling which was a build up off carbon on the cylinder head which rattled like a noisey tappet,this occurred on different models with different engines but was most noticeable on v6 as they are normally so quite,
the recall was heads off and machine a small recess in the combustion chamber,this was done with a tool made by mazda which was lent to dealers as and when needed,it was a permanent fix and even tho lowered compression slightly had no difference on performance.
the other rattle heard from the cam area is the friction gear thats tensions the cam gears.this was normally done with the heads off for the above but is easy enough in situ
i have the mazda notes somewhere for doing this,havent done one for years but at at one time it was a weekly thing
remanising again lol
anyone remember the xedos 6 touring car?????
to get the weight as low as possible the engine was spun round and the o/s driveshaft ran inbetween the cylinder heads....... saw it in the flesh...very trick set up yup the sump was in ya face when open the bonnett dry sump set up obviously
ok fingers hurt now if i think off any more ill post it
cheers guys zoom zoom zoom
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