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Feb 3^rd, 2005 at 4:56pm

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Ok, so I was pulling out of my schools parking lot after school today, and the car accellerated as usual, but then there was a breif loss of power. Thats when it started, the noise, like the engine was powered by marbles and they were all rattling around in the hood.
I have good reason to believe that it is a dropped valve.

I drive a 1995 mazda MX-3. 100,000 miles. 1.6L 4Cyl 16Val DOHC.

The engine has rattled since I've owned it, and I had been blaming the rattling on a loose valve spring or something. On very cold mornings the engine almost stalls when gas is applied some. That I was thinking it was the torque converter, but now with this new sound, I don't know.

What do you guys think?

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Reply #1 - Feb 3^rd, 2005 at 5:37pm

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Open the bonnet, and hit the engine hard with a 6lb ball hammer. Close bonnet and start up engine. Listen for change in rattle. Repeat intill you deem the problem solved. Grin

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Reply #2 - Feb 3^rd, 2005 at 7:43pm

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Probably something to do with the valves; have you listened closely, standing near the engine while it's running ? The power drop may be unrelated, but rattling is bad. To fix this, you may need a very large hammer or a lot of money... whatever the case, it sounds like you'd better do something about it soon.

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Reply #3 - Feb 3^rd, 2005 at 11:30pm

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Its goin into a shop tomarrow.
Don't know what good that will do. I am very short of money because of a trip to europe I will be taking, and it doesn't look good even after that(college)

No, no. Hammers are for repairing computers.
To repair a car-scream at it, chances are it will do something eventually

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Reply #4 - Feb 4^th, 2005 at 6:38am

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You misunderstand me- hammers are certainly used to HIT computers; with a car, a hammer is used to THREATEN. Followed by pathetic, grovelling apology, with lots of pretty lies and stroking.
Anyway, good luck. Maybe your mechanic will take pity on you, and allow you to pay in installments (not that a valve job is the ultimate wallet-buster!).
And no matter how it turns out, if you fret over this on your European trip, we'll all be waiting at your home airport to smack you upside the head. Grin

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Reply #5 - Feb 5^th, 2005 at 7:23pm

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Doesn't matter now, It has been diagnosed as "dead"

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Reply #6 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 5:05pm

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Doesn't matter now, It has been diagnosed as "dead"

Woodlouses remedy would have given similar results..... Grin

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Reply #7 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 8:12pm

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Doesn't matter now, It has been diagnosed as "dead"

What was wrong with it (now that they haved looked and diagnosed it)?

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Reply #8 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 10:28pm

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I think the doc said it was a connecting rod that went out. No, when it broke, I was not "pushing" the car very hard.

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Reply #9 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 11:05pm

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Did one of the connecting rods break? Yeah, thats not good. I suppose it could be fixed if you wanted to rebuild the engine but I doubt its worth it on a MX-3.

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Reply #10 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 11:26pm

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I swear that half of that car is made out of Zinc

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Reply #11 - Feb 7^th, 2005 at 12:59am

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I think the doc said it was a connecting rod that went out. No, when it broke, I was not "pushing" the car very hard.

Thrown rod... very bad. Trashed cylinder; trashed head... paperweight. Sorry. Probably not worth a rebuild; buying another engine could be cheaper. But it'll all work out. I've had several cars die on me, and I always managed somehow...

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Reply #12 - Feb 7^th, 2005 at 10:35pm

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I don't think a new engine would be worth it. Back in november I wrecked it, and my repairs don't look that great.

If I get a good job, my dad will give me the Pony, and I would finance it. Lots of great memories in that Mustang, first car I ever drove, first date, first time over 100mph. The bad thing about getting the Mustang, it that I have zero time for a job because of school and band (I may even be hired by the local air base to play taps!). So I'm takin' it day by day, bumming rides off friends. Don't want to ride bus, because it is actually 2 bus routes combined, and there is no room

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