20 Most Recent 1998 Mazda Pickup Questions & Answers

TO LOOSEN THE BELT TENSIONER PULLEY ASSEMBLY, THEN POSITION A CAMSHAFT BELT ADJUSTER TOOL T74P-6254-A OR EQUIVALENT ON THE TENSION SPRING ROLL PIN AND RETRACT THE BELT TENSIONER AWAY FROM THE TIMING BELT.TIGHTEN THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT TO LOCK THE TENSIONER IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. INSTALL NEW TIMING OVER THE CRANKSHAFT SPROCKET AND THEN COUNTERCLOCKWISE OVER THE AUXILIARY AND CAMSHAFT SPROCKETS MAKING SURE THE LUGS ON THE BELT PROPERLY ENGAGE THE SPROCKET TEETH ON THE PULLEYS. BECAREFUL NOT TO ROTATE THE PULLEYS WHEN INSTALLING THE BELT.RELEASE THE TIMING BELT TENSIONER PULLEY ALLOWING THE TENSIONER TO TAKE UP THE SLACK. IF THE SPRING DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH TENSION TO MOVE THE ROLLER AGAINST THE BELT.AND BELT HANGS LOOSE, IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO MANUALLY PUSH THE ROLLER AGAINST THE BELT AND TIGHTEN THE BOLT. YOU WILL NEED BELT TENSIONER TOOL OR EQUIVALENT.YOU CAN GO ON LINE INTERNET FIND THE BELT TENSIONER TOOL.SHOULD COST TOO MUCH.YOU CAN SEE IF AUTO ZONE HAS ONE TO RENT YOU.

Bleed the clutch system,you may find air in the system.

check your coil and see if you have fire.if you have fire then you need to check your fuel pressure. i have a mazda 2600i that did the same thing and it was the coil .did your truck back fire when you shout it off?. if it did iam pretty sure its your coil.note there is a module in side the dis very few people know about this but they are not notted for going bad good luck

Test fuel pressure when key on/ engine off, and when running and compare to specs. Could be bad fuel pump, relay, regulator, gas cap, injector failing.

find gas pump...take picture...remove gas pump, install new gas pump, hook up wires....make look like picture..........

Listen for hissing sound with engine running that will be your leak.

Best bet is get a factory service repair book, it will show you where each one goes

Timing marks are always on the harmonic balancer,that;s what the pullys blot to that drive your belts.Once you've found said marks by turning the crankshaft pullys by hand,using the belt to do so,scribe said proper timing mark with a white paint pen.Match that mark with the tab on the engine block at the harmonic balancer.Pacience my friend.

What?? Hitting the fuel tank won't do anything. Follow the gasoline filler pipe from the gas door down to the tank. Sounds like you have a collapsed filter sock on the pickup tube inside the tank

If this is a manual transmission then you have a clutch problem. If the throw-out fork is moving when you push the clutch, then the clutch fingers/disc could be damaged or the transmission pilot bearing is bad. If the fork isn't moving, then you are looking at a clutch master/slave cylinder issue or cable if it is cable operated.

Replace all neccessary bulbs