One thing after another. First my oil just starts pouring out while driving down the road, now my coolant. The oil fix wasnt too bad, but I cant even get the stupid coolant hoses OFF. Its almost like they're glued on the stupid pipes. Even then I still dont know what to do. The upper/lower hoses look fine, the heater line looks fine, and all the AST lines look fine. I can only see one other hose, but I dunno how to get to it. I'm about to just start it up with the coolant drained and bounce the limiter for as long as it will run. Someone help before I do something to this car.

 

Rent/borrow a coolant pressure tester. You can get them from most auto stores for just the deposit (refunded when you return it). Be sure to get the import car adapter. Once you pump up the coolant pressure you'll know EXACTLY where the leak is coming from.... no more guesswork.

G'luck man, I know how you feel. My car pisses the crap out of me, too.

*btw, look for a white crusty trail of dried coolant

 

hey man, one step at a time. relax like they did on bad boys 2...woooshaaaaaaa. i dont want to hear any more negativity from you young man. go to your room.
look for someone in the region specific and see who lives close. it is a million times easier to work on a car when you have a buddy and even better a fellow rotor head talking to you. this prevents total concentration on what you are doing as you will be slightly zoned out to talking. it works, try it.
kris

 

As an added bonus, I heard from a pretty reliable source that they actually DID glue the hoses on! That's why original equiped hoses have to be cuy off their mounts.

Also, if one hose is gone, I will guarentee you at least two others are ready to go as well. Replace them all and feel sliiiiightly better

 

where do i get a whole new set of hoses?

 

and i dont think they're OEM, i bought the car with a new motor and fluidyne...i would think they were replaced, or at least not glued back on.

 

Dude, don't worry about it....you wont have to do anything....the FD blows itself up

 

1) It might not be the radiator hoses, check the lines to the expansion tank. It is actually a few pieces with a plastic insert/connector.

2) For Hoses, try http://www.mazdaformance.com/Merchan...egory_Code=430

 

here you go my man. if you dont know when they were last replaced, just replace them...all of them. should take you a good day to do all the hoses. good luck.
http://www.mazdatrix.com/bhose3.htm
kris

 

Check the turbo coolant hoses. You didn't mention checking those.

 

Hoses Part Number
HOSE UPPER RAD 93-95 15-186B-N3A1 $23.13
HOSE LOWER RAD 93-95 15-185B-N3A1 $15.04
HOSE HEATER 93-95 CORE TO PIPE R 61-211A-FD01 $8.02
HOSE HEATER 93-95 PIPE TO CORE L 61-212A-FD01 $8.51
HOSE HEATER 93-95 PIPE TO RAD(R) 61-214B-FD01 $14.46
HOSE HEATER 93-95 ENG TO PIPE(L) 61-213B-FD01 $13.22
HOSE WATER DISCONECT 93-95 61-240A-B455 $9.42
HOSE WATER 93-95 TT FILLER NECK TO TANK 15-183A-N3A1 $16.43
HOSE WATER 93-95 TT LOWER RAD TO TANK 15-184A-N3A1 $25.25
HOSE WATER 93-95 TT PIPE TO THROTLEBODY 13-691A-N3A1 $8.99
HOSE WATER 93-95 TT TURBO TO RADIATOR 13-5360-N3A1 $5.51
HOSE WATER 93-95 TT WATER PUMP TO TURBO 13-54X0-N3A1 $10.16
$158.14

 

Call Ray Crowe @ Malloy Mazda 1-888-533-3400 Another shameless plug for Ray!! Haha. He has the best service, prices, and shipping around!period. There are around 14 hoses total that make up the cooling system. replace them all. As i am writing i noticed someone put them above. Vey Nice!! Try your auto parts store for a dye that you put in the coolant. It will glow under a black light which is usually included in the kit. makes finding leaks easy. I've seen it work!

 

is there a diagram of the cooling hoses? i dont even know where the turbo hoses are.

man, once i get this fixed...i gotta sell it, im not cut out for all this mechanics yet.

 

Most of the maintenance you do on the car really isn't that complicated. I've been finding that out slowly. Especially coolant hose changes. It just sucks in the summer.

For the turbo coolant lines check this link out.

http://www.robrobinette.com/turbo_lines.htm

It involves taking out the airpump, which really isn't that hard, and all of the intake piping, which is also not that hard.

And Ray Crowe is the man.

If it is the turbo coolant hoses, I got mine for 12 bucks shipped. The turbo gaskets (if you think they need replacing) are about 3 dollars each.

 

I remember someone revived a thread where you said this:

Posted 7/31/01

 

lol, yea, well you guys still suck cause you know what you're doing, and im struggling just to keep mine running with all these freak problems. :P:

 

Trust me, Mine are a bit more freaky

 

I haven't yet seen where you posted the leak was coming from. Driver side front, passenger side, AST, overflow bottle, is it drinking coolant, continually running low and the buzzer goes off? whitish smoke on start up?

A little more info and maybe we can cut down on your gues work on the hoses.

Tim