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1. [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: scott.hall@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:05:00 +0000 (UTC); not at all shop related, but it's my boss' car, I'm at work, and I figure you guys would be the place for the quick, correct answer. his 1990 miata has an off-idle/tip-in 'miss' (I think). it idles o; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00144.html (8,024 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:22:44 -0400; www.Miata.net has a bunch of good info in their garage section. And on the forums. Wife & I have a 1990 too. I'd guess maybe the vacuum plugs at the throttle body or back of manifold cracked or leaki; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00145.html (7,913 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:27:22 -0700 (PDT); If it was a car with carberetters, I'd suspect the accelerator pump or whatever passes for one (damping oil for British carbs)... perhaps there's some sort of enrichment device, vacuum actuated(?), t; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00146.html (7,471 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:32:02 -0400; The one notorious problem with the early Miatas -- that I know of -- is crank failure. The timing gear gets loose on the nose of the crank, and wobbles, giving highly erratic valve timing -- which ca; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00147.html (7,687 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Bill Rabel <brabel@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:42:04 -0700; If the Miata has not had the spark plug wires replaced, that is the My dealer stopped me from making an appointment for a tune-up. They said to leave the car parked in the service bay, go buy the new; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00148.html (7,831 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Rich White <rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 14:02:47 -0500; Keep that dealer! Most of them would have replaced the wires and charged you for it. Mine tried to tell me a gasket needed to be replaced. The miata.net says the gasket does not exists. I guessing th; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00149.html (8,669 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell@mebtel.net>; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:20:34 -0400; I know nothing about Miata's (well, I do know what they are...). However, if you were asking about an Alfa Romeo Spider with L-jetronic FI, I'd say classic intake air/vacuum leak. Eric Russell Mebane; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00150.html (8,363 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:44:04 -0400; Yup, it's basically an L-jet clone system. Here's the link to that vacuum problem I mentioned earlier: http://www.miata.net/garage/vacuum.html I think the writer is making it way too difficult with h; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00151.html (8,201 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Miq Millman <miq@bigllama.com>; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 15:41:41 -0700; I'd bet a dollar your boss' car is suffering from the nose pulley failure common to early 1.6l Miatas. Sometime around 1991 Mazda changed the crank's nose pulley and the bolt that holds it in place; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00152.html (10,171 bytes)
10. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell@mebtel.net>; Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 19:05:44 -0400; Here's an Alfa Spider L-jetronic page I helped write: http://www.hiperformancestore.com/Ljetspider.htm _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00153.html (8,336 bytes)
11. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>; Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:36:03 -0400; My wife has a 1.6L miata with the infamous "sport lightweight crankshaft". Following the wisdom of the internet, I have never removed that front bolt, ignoring the scheduled oil seal service, and it; /html/shop-talk/2009-05/msg00166.html (8,163 bytes)
12. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: scott.hall@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:12:55 +0000 (UTC); he recently had the timing belt replaced. I don't know if that requires r&r-ing that bolt on the 1.6, though. I don't think it did on our '93 2.0 626. My wife has a 1.6L miata with the infamous "spor; /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00000.html (6,833 bytes)
13. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Battmain <battmain@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 08:04:48 -0700 (PDT); Could also be a misplaced timing belt. One notch the wrong way can cause some interesting things to occur. BTDT when I replaced the belt myself, but on a second gen Miata. Brian battmain@yahoo.com he; /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00001.html (7,474 bytes)
14. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>; Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:22:02 -0400; When I did the timing belt, it is easily done without removing that bolt. The scheduled service lists replacement of the front oil seal at the same time though, which requires opening the bolt. So...; /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00002.html (7,272 bytes)
15. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: scott.hall@comcast.net; Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 21:19:18 +0000 (UTC); so this bolt does what? it trashes the crank? I thought we'd r&r the plug wires, o2 sensor and erg valve first, then worry about more expensive things. When I did the timing belt, it is easily done w; /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00005.html (8,058 bytes)
16. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>; Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:22:01 -0400; The problem is that the pulley can move slightly, which bashes back and forth on the key. This gradually damages the slot in the crankshaft. Check miata.net for more information. Here's one article:; /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00006.html (8,436 bytes)
17. Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <trevor@boicey.com>; Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:09:56 -0400; Well CHECKING if this is the problem is really easy, and if it is the problem, then you know the solution, so might as well look at it. You'll know the answer before you even change the first plug wi; /html/shop-talk/2009-06/msg00007.html (7,932 bytes)

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