First sign of my transmission dying

[loganss]

I pull into a store drive way to make a u-turn and as I pull into a parking spot, I stop put the car in reverse and there's an annoying clunking sound as I accelerate in reverse. Doesn't happen all the time though.

Might only happen when I accelerate too fast in reverse. Hopefully it's just a transmission mount. I'm not due for a tranny flush for another 10k miles. Might do a flush early.

[Mazda96Protege]

mine is fukked......im at a light it turns green i give it gas and it revvs but does not move....its gotta get the RPMS high to even start moving it also shifts really hard

why did mazda fuk up everything with the 2nd gen? seriously tho we get the ****ty cylinder with no compression, tranny goes, and its slow

[turbonium959]

Yeah, it sounds like one of your mounts just bit the dust. If you need one, search it out on eBay. I know for the fact there are still on sale now. You have to search for "Mazda Protege 1998". Just look down the list, and you will find it. I just bought a front engine mount from there for $33! The quotes I got from local parts store ran me $125-150. If you want to go eBay way, make sure to specify exaclty which mount you need, because they have it. Just read carefully through item description for all the part numbers and such.

[midnightblue97]

I'd say they didn't **** up much on the second gens.

[95ProLeila]

I like my 2gen but of course I have a BP

[charles]

I'd say they didn't **** up much on the second gens.

I don't really trust the automatics on any of the Proteges anymore.

[midnightblue97]

Yeah, Automatics are for sissies

[loganss]

Yeah, Automatics are for sissies

Ouch That hurts

:: sissy mode off::

but I'm gonna get a manual swap. Oh yeah. Can't wait.

[Mazda96Protege]

yeh i hate my autotranny i cant wait till i also do the manual swap and get a BP that will be the day!!

[bogey883]

^^^^^ sissie to the max! but yeah i drive a lot and driving in california on the 101 and 405 freeways, manual trans would be a bitch. once i move out of state, i'll probably switch to manual. but for now, its automania!

oh and i hate my 2nd gen. well not hate..but dislike. it has some odd problems. but so far the problems i've had are small. so thank the mazda god.

[loganss]

Speaking of mazda gods I'm so glad they didn't make the noise I thought a transmission problem. The noise I was hearing was the glass pack/resonator some guy put on my car. He had it too close to the heat shield. The shop just lowered it about 1/2". What a relief!!!

Got my mounts checked and they were fine.

[charles]

Well I don't care about driving automatic on the street, I do it nearly every day. It was at BUttonwillow and WSIR where it got very annoying.


Bogey, I took my stickshift Protege two days after I got it down to L.A. Driving down the 5 through central California is OK... then BAM you get to Valencia by the theme park with the superman ride. You learn how tiring it is to drive in traffic.

[wheresthericego]

traffic is deffinatly the worst thing about a stick. but at least you dont sound like you have a family sedan with a silly automatic. sorry pigeon