bocefas
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- Location
- Centre Hall, PA
- Vehicle Year
- 2001
- Make / Model
- Mazda
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Manual
I recently bought my late Uncle's 2001 B3000 (which he bought new) and I have been trying to learn to love the 3.0 engine. It is 4WD and an extended cab, so I am not expecting a whole lot, but I will admit every time I drive it I find myself thinking real hard about turning into a B5000. Anyway, I have noticed an appreciable loss of power and a miss/hesitation at highway speed with the A/C on. The truck has 106K on it, but has been babied its entire life. It had plugs, wires, and the coil replaced about 10k miles ago. I ran couple of tanks of premium through it and added seafoam to one of those tanks. I read on here that the 3.0 likes to rev, so I have been revving it much higher than Uncle Steve would ever let me before(3 grand was his redline) between gears. Without the A/C on it seems to run smoother than it does with it on. 5th gear level road 60 mph with the A/C off it is just dandy. Reach over and turn the knob to A/C, the miss starts. It misses consistently across the rpm band, I mean to say if I downshift into 4th and accelerate it still misses.
Well I am starting to ramble but any ideas as to the cause?
Thanks!
Well I am starting to ramble but any ideas as to the cause?
Thanks!