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I am having a hard time with my lash adjusters. I have removed them twice and pumped them up with oil, but they are still hitting really hard. There was water in the engine, so maybe that is the problem. My machinist said to run the engine at 2K rpm's for a couple of minutes, and then let it idle ...

Well fellas, I had the same ticking sound from my 1.6. I have taken it apart, and the lifters have small pin holes in them that oil passes through for cooling. All of my lifters were gummed up pretty bad but not terminal. The ticking sound was definately coming from my lifters being stuck. I believe ...

the o-ring is on the distributor itself, you will have to pull the distributor all the way out and and take the o-ring off standard parts stores will have a selection you can compare to<P>note, remember to have the timing set to TDC on #1, befor you remove to Dist. good luck

Just a quick little note about the alternator.If all the alternator does is charge the battery then how does the vehicle maintain operating voltage while driving. I have had the same problem as you and have already changed the TPS, to no avail. I have now discovered that the water pump is starting ...

I found a 1.6L DOHC engine with low miles, and I need to find out if the tranny on my tired 1.6L SOHC will bolt up easy or if I'm gonna need the tranny as well. As usual Mazda Mechanics refuse accept that this is even possible. Give me a hand anybody.