joeyz87

Be specific symptoms and what not?

mibad

Low power. The engine kind of of shakes when idling. Smoke. Smell of unburnt fuel.
Get a compression tester. That's the easiest way to know and it doesn't take long to do the test.

joeyz87

what color smoke
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mibad

Smoke can be a symptom of a lot of things. Generally white sweet smelling smoke is coolant. Blue gray smoke is oil. I bought my car not knowing what was wrong with the engine. It was an apex seal. It was putting out some blue gray smoke. I could have screwed around for months trying to figure it out. As soon as I ran the compression check, I knew instantly it was a bad apex seal. The front rotor showed 90 psi, the back rotor was Zero.

sonix7

I knew this was coming from you Joeyz87. damn I should have bet some money on it, I could get some new parts. Man get a compression tester and test it. Dude from all the threads you have had and everything you have told us, I would say you are screwed. Make sure though, don't listen to me, not that you have before, like how many times did we tell you to take it to a rotary mechanic. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I told you so!! .

joeyz87

Ok my car ran fine until i took it to get new clutch. They give car back with it idleing up and down and stalling at stop lights. Next mornin git wont start. I found that the pressure sencor was disconneted, but i reconnect it and it still wont start. It sounds like it wants to . and there is dark grey smoke coming from exhaust when I crank it. I'm taking it to mazda dealership this week. Anyway clutch place should be responsible for any damage caused from running it with map sencor disconnected.

SpeedKing

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Screw the dealer. Since you're in the Bay Area, do yourself a favor and take your car to Rick's Rotary Performance (http://www.ricksrotary.com) in Pleasanton. Because FDs are rare cars nowadays, the dealerships hardly ever see them, and more often than not won't troubleshoot the car properly: Loose MAP sensor hose? "You need a new engine and turbos, son!"