[quote="Simon Jones"]White smoke is generally considered a sign of water in the cylinders,

have you checked for signs of water/gunk in the oil, sounds like head/ block loosing water into chambers imo,when started it burns it off,is it using water ?

mazda 626 temp sender switch looks the same as bongo to,fast idle pickup solenoid.and aircon throttle pickup solenoid appear swappable.

sounds like either the air intake is low/blocked,fuel mix wrong,or fuel just pouring in,to much fuel, mix again wrong.
could this be timing.

the vapour is pulled through the system and burnt by vacuum,if this vacuum fails, ie a leak,the oil/ air flow will stall and condense and gather, imo.

thanks for that,im guna have a play.

to be fair kirsty i think the tow bar may have been abused to it is tight in the mounts so as you suggest i will put it on the list.

ive been trying to source the seal myself,my local top man says they are not available,
hes been in the seals/bearing industry all his working life,if he says no chance,im stumped

put chell and i down for this one mike,

if we can help we will.

thanks for that peeps,its still on my list yet,to busy fitting mirrors will do before bash,
pics appreciated, looks not bad to do,

the two wires maybe add on side light wires that have been removed,took the pos and neg from the sidelight! i did an autopsy on my parking pole as like yours my one made all the noises but no light etc. the motor you can hear rotates a drum containing the wire for the bulb,that is threaded up a plas...

my tailgate has recently started to rub at the catch when opening and closing,and even worse it constantly squeeks whilst driving :evil: :evil: no car park damage could be found,although i do have a tow bar fitted.looking from the rear the left hand tailgate to bumper gap seems smaller than the othe...

the ones you have in now (will test ok) as they are working,the important bit is at what temp are they working?hense your pos problem!!

short answer is probably yes.when the fans come on it should really bang the temp down quickly!! seconds. have you changed/cleaned the fan switch and temp sender? i replaced mine with non gen items and found the new readings from them were poor,they were not as accurate,replaced them with gen mazda,...

I'm still not happy with the temperature rising towards the H mark in heavy traffic and steep hills as it makes me very nervous. hi have you checked the head flow port is clean,really clean.this is the opening in the top of the stat housing,the stat top disc shuts it when top end temps are approach...

hi which alarm is it?