MAR34807@aol.com wrote:

Subject:        87 Turbo II Problem (This car is for sale also)
From:   bburton@hubcap.clemson.edu (Ben Burton)
Date:   2 Jun 1999 13:01:46 -0400

I've owned an 87 turbo II for 8 years now and have taken excellent care
of the car.  I've thouroghly enjoyed this car.  Recently it started
having some type of trouble.  At variuos speeds between idle and 70 mph,
the engine would start hesitating.  The rpm's wouldn't get above 2000
rpm.  Then the car would start running perfectly again after as little
as 10 seconds to 10 minutes.  I replaced the fuel filter to see if that
was the problem, but it wasn't.  I then took it into the Mazda
dealership to see if they could diagnos the problem.  Of course, when
you take a car in for diagnosis, the problem isn't going to occur.  So
they couldn't tell me what the problem was.   

However, the did agree to
start taking parts of the car apart to try and determine what the
problem was for several hundred dollars.  Since the car was getting old
and has about 142,000 miles on it I decided to get a new car.  even
though this problem only occurred maybe every 30 miles or more (it
wasn't regular occuring at all) it is annoying when it does happen, and
you can only mildly accelerate when in traffic, therefore provoking
people to blow their horns at you.  

If anyone has ever heard of this
prblem or knows what might be causing it, I'd be interested in hearing
from yoy.  I thought it could be a catalytic converter, but I've ehard
that if this is the problem, you've got a constant problem, not
something that is only going to randomly occur.

  Other than this, the car is in excellent condition.  If anyone would
like to buy the car I'd be willing to sell it for $1500.  The caris
located in Raleigh, NC.  If you'd like to see more information about the
car (pretty much it's history since I've owned it) you can visit the
following website:
http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~bburton/rx7.html

Ben

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