My Protege Was The Worst Car I Ever Bought!!!!!!!!!!
 

All it does it tear up. Right after i fix something, something else tears up on it!!! Now when you floor it and let off the gas it dies, or almost dies and all the dashlights come on? So now what could be wrong with it??????????

try putting in some fuel injection cleaner........

You talking about flooring it sounds like you're beating the shiznat out of the poor thing. On the other hand, what you're talking about could be a common problem that may be easily remedied. I've known of a few 1st gens having their "coolant sensors" go bad on them. The sensor doesn't show that its bad by the temp gauge, instead it shows by making your car die when you let off the gas. This happened to me. My advice, have a mechanic figure out which sensor (theres a few of them) is bad and replace it. Also check your idle, mine was a little bit low when I did this. Good luck and keep the faith, Pros ain't that bad.

Replace the coolant temp sensor and O2 sensor. O2 sensor is $22 at Autozone, temp sensor is $23-$30 at dealer. If you have any problems after that, check the coil.

hmm well lets see, you need to get ur engine fully cleaned/checked. u might have a cracked block er something. or ur motor could jus be tottally fucked. they car is a well made car. the engines in the 1st gen, im still finding out information on em. i know a bunch of guys that have 100k+ miles on their cars and still run perfect.

do u take care of ur car well?
change oil regulary?:dunno:

yes since we bought it last month, we have been taken very good care of it. The owner before didn't though, you could tell by the way the car was all scratched and dented.

The Protege is an extremely well built car mine has 220,000 miles on it and still kicking civic ass.


and after this one dies, i will buy another 1st gen.

That happened to mine after i put a custom cold air intake in its because i tried to ghetto rig past the 02 sensor so my car died after i let off the gas or didnt even start it but its all good now so make sure its hooked up or get them replaced or some shit

I bought my Pro almost 2 years ago with about 64,000 miles on it. The first time I checked out and did basic maintenance on it I could tell the previous owner hadn't taken care of it. It still had the factory air cleaner with about a 1/4" thick layer of black scuzz on it. Eeeeuuuw!!!:eek: Even after the previous owner's abuse, my Pros going strong at 107,000 miles.

You might also want to check your air tube between your MAF and throttle body. If there is the littlest crack in it, your engine will die.

True.....that happened to me........