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- From: stecz@pencom.com (John Steczkowski)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!! Engine Knock in '92 MAZDA MPV
- Message-ID: <1992Oct14.143914.13669@pencom.com>
- Date: 14 Oct 92 14:39:14 GMT
- References: <1992Oct13.162907.6034@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Sender: usenet@pencom.com (Usenet Psuedo User)
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- In article <1992Oct13.162907.6034@samba.oit.unc.edu> Bob.Smith@bbs.oit.unc.edu
- (Bob Smith) writes:
- >
- > Help netters,
- >
- > Well after 9K glorious miles the engine on my MPV has begun to knock.
- > It's from within the block, despite what the various moronic dealerships
- > say. Just to be contrary and confuse themselves further, the service
- > manager at the local dealership says:
- >
- > "They all do that! It's piston slap, because Mazda went to a
- > short skirt piston design 2 years ago."
- >
- > Anyone have any knowledge or experience with this. My mechanic says
- > it's either piston slap, rod knock or possibly valve train problems.
- > Mazda has already changed all the hydraulic lash adjusters (aka
- > lifters), and I believe the problem actually got worse after that.
- > No performance problems exist, although the vehicle has never gotten
- > close to EPA guesstimates.
- >
- > I'm at a loss here, as any of the above problems are serious in my way
- > of thinking, as well as pissing me off to no extent. A new vehicle with
- > 9K miles. Can you believe it?
- >
- > All help is appreciated, plus anyone gone "to the rug" with new car
- > problems, ie. arbitration or legal action?
- >
- > thanks very much,
- >
- > bob
- > (205)544-3263
-
- My MPV had a problem with what I thought was valves ticking. Although my van
- has 73,000 miles on it, the dealer replaced all the lifters and a redesigned
- part related to keeping the lifters pumped up (hydraulic lifters) under
- warranty. About 6 months ago, I had all of the lifters replaced and it fixed
- the valve ticking for a while, but it started up again a couple of weeks ago.
- Hopefully the problem is fixed for good this time.
-
- --
- John Steczkowski stecz@pencom.com
- Are you truly willing to take the risk of being severely
- or even fatally injured just for the thrill of roadracing?
- - As Quoted from New Rider Information Booklet of the CMRA
-