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- From: eur@dutncp2.tn.tudelft.nl (Eur van Andel)
- Subject: Re: WARNING: 1987 Mazda 323 Defect
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- Organisation: TU Delft, The Netherlands
- Organization: Delft University of Technology
- References: <1992Jul17.151604.28689@hemlock.cray.com> <1992Jul29.044442.15682@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 11:31:41 GMT
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- In <1992Jul29.044442.15682@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
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- >sga@cray.com (Steven G. Anderson) writes:
- >:
- >: We recently had a bad experience with my wife's 1987 Mazda 323,
- >: and from our conversation with the service people, this is
- >: sounding like a generic problem with 1987 Mazda 323's. Read,
- >: they have seen this problem before. The problem is that a
- >: "key" which holds the timing gear in sync with the crankshaft
- >: breaks. This also causes damage to the crankshaft itself.
- ^^^^^^
- >: Total repair bill is around $2000. Worse yet, my wife had
- >: gotten an extended warranty (before I met her) and they
- >: refuse to cover it. We are appealing to the State Insurance
- >: Commission. The problem appears to occur around 50,000
- >: miles. I will also be writing to Mazda and the Consumer Products
- >: Safety Commission.
-
- >Damage to the crankshaft? I can understand damage to the pistons
- >or valves or lifters or push rods. I don't know of any way that
- >the crankshaft could be damaged.
- Like he said: the key-hole in the crankshaft is worn out.
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