Thanks for pointing the location out. I'll quickly check mine before taking it to the shop tomorrow.

 

glad to help!..

too bad no one can help me, i got problems with my car too, major major running rich, stumbles, soo rich i can't go up hills, soo rich i have to apply gas twice to WOT to let it rev to 2.5k, so rich mr.bling bling himself look broke..i just got no money to replace, and my lowest TPS resistance is 1.30 i can't get it any down than that and i did tha TB mod, no dead spots though, AFM was tampered, don't know about my thermo switch/ecu is messed up or not, no time no money for this 16 year old.

and now that my friend just got his 10th ae, i've been trying to work on both cars, with so little time, he has hot stalls and smells like raw fuel when hood is popped (flooded). hopefully this saturday it doesn't rain (san francisco) so i can finally work on the cars..

-mike

 

i cant really see what those pictures are trying to portray

 

thermo sensor is what i'm trying to point out its on passenger side of the alternator, and little bit down.

-fc3s-pro.com

-mike

 

holy ****, i just read that thread about the water thermo sensor that hailers directed us to... could this be whats been wrong with my car for the last year? holy poopoopants

 

can we try to find a picture of the sensor (out of the car)? i went to our 24 hour autozone here in louisville and they have it but they have to order it (and its 61 bucks) so i want to make sure that i am buying the right thing...

 

water thermo switch back of W/P, is this it guys? asI may need it also.
http://www.mazdatrix.com/o-misc.htm
http://www.mazdatrix.com/getprice.as...m=18-8400-8574

 

prolly it is.. keep us posted.

-mike

 

i think thats it, but i want to see a picture before i order this bitch.

 

damn, i am going to crap my pants if my car could have been working perfectly for 6 months for only
$42.72

 

thats what i'm sayin

i don't that there is any other sensor or electrical connection back there so i think thats it

 

do u have ur airpump removed? if u do just walk out and take a look at ur engine bay, look in the back of the alternator and go down u should see a sensor, the wire harness of the thermo sensor looks like the BAC harness.


-mike

 

i have all my emissions removed. i have reason to believe this sensor is ******* up my life. remind me not to get a girlfriend til after i fix this ****:
i had to defend the FC tonight

"why does the inside of your car smell like a lawnmower?"
"i added 2 cycle engine oil to my gas"
"why?"
"it makes girls horny"

 

Its where the arrow is pointing on the backside of the water pump housing. Rectangular/square looking. Maybe green/blue in color. Couple of wires.

 

nice, i'll go check that out. i heart hailers

 

Ok guys, I took my car to MZM International in Austin, TX today.... Nice knowledgeable folks :-) Anyway, the TPS was out of adjustment 4.5 turns!! A few weeks ago, while enroute to the West Coast, I took it to the Mazda dealer in Lafayette, La, after getting what I believe was some bad fuel. It also started bucking really bad at low rpm's. Seems the dealer didn't know what the heck they were doing, and that's when it lost the cold idle began surging up and down. Also, the air funnel tube/hose was not properly connected to the air box, and didn't have the 4-screws bolted in; therefore, the engine wasn't getting filtered air.

Once both problems were corrected, she's back up and running right. Now, I can get the heck outta Texas, and back home to Florida. Hope this will be helpful to someone else. Thanks for the insight!! :-)

 

hey guys, this is kindof an old thread, but i bought a new water thermo sensor and when i plug it in, the car wont start, if i plug it in while the car is running, it runs crappy... anyone else have these problems>?

 

Mine did the same thing for MONTHS!!! I was ready to sell it! Finally I found the right combination of TPS and hard idle screw. Mine would go from 1100-1700...over and over and over!!!

I finally screwed with it enough to find the right combo and got it stopped!
I also removed my BAC

 

hard idle screw? which one is that? is it the one by the TPS that has the nut onto of it?

and i was thinking about removing my BAC... i think its letting too much air in (when my accessories are OFF) it clicks like it is supposed to, but i dont think it works correctly anyways...

 

i think he ment



http://fc3s-pro.com/TECH/HOWTO/TPS/tps.html