Simple question: What's that bottle for?
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Simple question: What's that bottle for?
I have an 85 GSL-SE and there is a plastic bottle that I can't identify. On the passenger side, right against the firewall, there's a rectangular bottle. I'ts not the big wiper fluid bottle and it's not coolant, so what is it. They don't show it in the manual.
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I believe that bottle is meant to contain antifreeze which is injected into the combustion chambers (for cold weather starts). It acts as a seal on the chamber walls for the rotor apex seals to improve compression in sub-zero temperatures. Sub-zero starting assist methinks Mazda calls it. Don't have the owners manual in front of me at the moment but will check later.
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Doc, you're confusing cold start and cold weather start (partly my fault, since I called it "cold start" above).
Cold start = pellet. Cold weather / sub zero start is a totally different system and you won't see it in that part of the US.
Cold start = pellet. Cold weather / sub zero start is a totally different system and you won't see it in that part of the US.
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Manntis, thanks for the response but I am not confused.
I know what the sub-zero bottle is, I have one on my Se.
I just replied to Jasons question to educate him on the proper starting of a Se when it is cold outside. I know the nomenclature usage. You say "Tomato", I say "Tomoto", lol.
I know what the sub-zero bottle is, I have one on my Se.
I just replied to Jasons question to educate him on the proper starting of a Se when it is cold outside. I know the nomenclature usage. You say "Tomato", I say "Tomoto", lol.
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