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Howdy, all.
My '95 1.6L DOHC has ok power and gets ok mileage still, but just started making a deep (and fairly subtle) thumping noise through the air filter. It sounds to me sorta like I'm getting some exhaust blow-by back into the throttle body. Does that make any sense? Cylinder #1 has a noisy ...

Mine has a sharp tap under the valve cover that I have determined to be the HLA's (hydraulic lash adjusters.) I've been told they can get noisy when they are old and worn out, though mine only tap at startup sometimes (and only on cylinder #1.) As soon as I hear the tap, I shut it down, wait a few ...

Hey, folks.
I pulled off my upper timing cover to look at the timing belt tonight and found the source of a quiet hissing noise around the area of my timing belt. The upper and middle pieces of the three-piece timing cover are barely in contact with the water pump pulley, and it rubs on them when ...

Thanks for the reply, Oso.

180 degrees seemed pretty cold to me, but then I'm coming from working on engines with cast iron blocks and heads. My 351W is safe to run at 205 degrees F and doesn't really get into trouble until 225 or 230. I guess I was just hoping the same might be true of the MX-3 ...

Hi, y'all.

My '95 1.6L MX-3 is having trouble keeping itself up at proper operating temperature. I'll be tearing it down and replacing a few components soon, and I've been thinking about putting in a hotter thermostat while I'm in there. Is there a reason I shouldn't go hotter than the 180 ...