Thanks all for responding to my question.
Perry: I'll add having the PCV Valve checked, I've got a mechanic that our family has used for nearly 20 years and have him check it. I'm going to check the CD and see what it says exactly. I've also got a an email dropped to motorvac, I'll get that done before having the other work done just to see what happens.
SVTtheory2001: Thanks to a cd that was paused in my cd player that was out of balance a whining noise was created and the dealer thought it was the serpentine belt so they changed it at 35,936 when I had the last warranty work done. I figured out that was culprit after I still heard the whining except it was only when the cd was paused. Unfortunately though they did nothing with my struts which sounded wonderful going over curbs.
armtdm: I'm going to have to do a search, I've saw some posts about plastic vs. metal impeller, basically I want one that's not going to fail. I've had problems with reman'ed pumps in the past and even though a reman was $40 for an 87 Sable, I had to replace it 3 times and a new one cost $80
I was also wondering about O2 sensors if this was going to need to be replaced. I'm going to grab my friends laptop and hookup my obd-2 scanner and see what I'm getting.
I'm going to ask my mechanic next time I talk to him if it's an interference fit and if I can let it go. He's good about things, we had a '94 probe and he knew enough about the whole ford/mazda parts game to know that the mazda's were just a different metal stamp and box and were 40% cheaper on brake pads at least. I appreciate everyones help and input on this!
Thanks,
Brian
'99 Zetec 57k
