Car Trouble Again

Published by Sean July 27th, 2004 in Personal.

My car is acting up yet again. It is a 1994 Mazda 626 LX 2.5L V6, which I have gotten a lot of use out of it. It has nearly 140,000 miles on it, and I bought it used in 1998 when it had 48,000 at the time. I think I know what the main problem is and I plan on doing the work myself. Hopefully, all I need to replace are the spark plugs and the spark plug wire set.

I’ve put quite a bit of money into this car for all kinds of repairs over the years, the last two of were a new harmonic oscillator, which is a rubber ring on a pulley that holds onto the alternator-A/C serpentine belt, and a rebuilt transmission, which cost so much it hurt. I’ve vowed from then on to try to do any work I can so that I won’t have to pay the amazing hourly fees for a mechanic’s time.