unit6usa
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- Location
- Sudan, TX
- Vehicle Year
- 1995
- Make / Model
- Mazda
- Engine Size
- 2.3l
- Transmission
- Manual
This is my first post on here but I've used this forum for awhile now and it has been a great help. Sorry for the novel! Let me give you some background on my problem. I bought this truck for next to nothing in January it's a 95 Mazda b2300, 2.3l, manual, 345000 miles. It was running ok when I bought it in January and then a couple days after it blew a head gasket! I had a guy I know replace some things because I didn't have the time so he replaced the gasket, new radiator, new plugs and wires, new timing belt, and some other small replacements. Turns out he didn't know what he was doing and the timing was WAY off. I got it home and fixed the timing myself and bled the coolant system and replaced the temp sensor cuz my temp always ran real low in the cold weather. I still couldn't get the temp to rise sufficiently to use the heater so I put a lil cardboard over the radiator and that helped. We had a warmer day here and I forgot to take the cardboard out I turned on the AC and the temp shot up and one of my coolant lines busted. I replaced the line and filled the system back up and I had a huge leak running out the bottom of the harmonic balancer. I towed it home and replaced the water pump gasket and that helped some but I've still got a slow leak somewhere. I have since replaced the water pump and put new gasket and still a leak. When the vehicle heats up after a few minutes the top coolant hose feels like it's full of air even tho I'm bleeding the system, my temp never goes up beyond a quarter the way up the gauge. Is this normal? That's problem 1 that I believe might have something to do with my bigger problem. After my truck heated up the second time and blew the line I checked the compression because it didn't have any power in 5th gear, the CE light was blinking on acceleration and turns out #2 cylinder was really low. I drove it around for awhile cuz no money and time to fix it and it progressively got worse to the point where it would die after about an hour of driving. I took the head off and replaced the exhaust valve and that brought my compression back up. I got it timed and it ran ok for a couple days but then started bogging down and dying again so I thought maybe I needed to replace the fuel pump so I did and now it's back to bogging down after a few minutes driving, the check engine light blinks when it's bogging down and I haven't had a chance to run codes yet. Ok I know that's a lot but that's my story!! Any help would be appreciated
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