cheers mate ill strip it down next week and have a nose nice one

Spring has come and gone so what is the latest?

Endorsed, so did I!!!

Hi Marc and welcome, Sorry to butt in on your thread but I thought I'd endorse Steve's comments about Invicta Insurance. I have just insured mine for the price of 2 tanks of fuel through them. Thanks Steve!! And no I don't run it on Scotch!! LOL

Thanks Dazse, will check later on today when I get home. Les

Oh I forgot it's only £125 as well.

@mx-3-2-5v6 welcome and glad to hear the car is being used properly, Gareth would be too! I sold Garfy the LSD box years ago, had an Mfactory LSD, I sincerely hope it is in it or at least in someones car! Worst case would be some idiot not realising its worth! Easy way to test is jack it up, if both wheels spin in same direction LSD is in, if they spin opposite its standard diff. Watch for rust on rear arches. Check under the mini side skirts/spats. Distributors can go, megasquirt with coilpack or COP would be more reliable or there's an external coil mod. Yes I believe the limiter wire can be clipped, have a search on here or mx-3.com

Hi Colin, If you look in the "Manuals / Brochures / Leaflets / Articles" section you should find what you need. Check out this post which covers quite a lot: https://www.uk-mx3.com/topic/2546/mx3-manuals I would recommend the online manual hosted at www.mx-3.com, its in that post I linked above under Full workshop manual, Online only version. Jono

@crimewave Hello, Im based in Kent and i 2 MX3 1.8 V6. I currently drive one as a daily car and have had no problems with it however the other was my daily car until i had the same problem as yourself, smoke from the exhaust. Make sure that you have diagnosed the correct fault (Valve stem seals) as i thought that was the fault that i had on mine. It turns out that i had a bent piston rod on cylinder 1 The first thing that i would do is to do a compression test There is a lot of work involved in doing the stem seals as you will need to remove the heads from the engine to be able to get to them. I would also recommend looking at the valve stem guides and the valves plus valve seats while you have it all apart. While you are looking into this amount of work you should be able to find a workshop manual online that you can download or you can get a Chilton manual from the bay of e. The Chilton is ok as a guide however the workshop manual will provide more details. With regards to the bumper i would possibly say that the bay of e would be a good starting place for a replacement however you would also have the option to change the bumper for a different look should you wish to. The central locking system could be something simple like a fuse or the bar on the door lock has a broken clip however it could also be the central locking system itself or even worst it could be a wiring fault which can takes weeks/months to go through if you don't know where you are looking. The sunroof is an easy one to do, open the sunroof and remove to liner inside. You will then get access to the nuts that hold it onto the frame, remove these and it will just come off so that you can repair/re-paint it. I don't come on here that often however if i do see you post when im on here i will do my best to help you out.

Wrights Mazda recently relieved me of £267 + the belt.

Hi, had a similar problem once that turned out to be ignition module located inside the distributor, although my problem only showed up when hot. The dizzy does have an ignition coil and ignition module that have been a common fail on the earlier models. If you do suspect the dizzy then there are two versions available, check the firing order to make sure you get the right one.

@numatic45 Welcome aboard buddy :) I'm fairly new here myself, just taken on a project - I couldn't resist saving another Mazda!

@marc-s Absolutely, I've the mx3 1.5T as a daily and an rx7 KLDE turbo for extra fun! It's a nice combo :D