1987 Mazda B2600 review from North America
"Nice 4x4, but unreliable and always spending money on it"
What things have gone wrong with the car?
Well my Mazda B2600 is a 1987 and the body/paint is in excellent shape just like when I first bought it. When I first bought it it had a timeing chain/knocking problem which I knew about, but the price was right I replaced the chain and it still made noise so I drove it like that for about 8 months and found a good used motor for it, it ran good and sounded good at first and didn't burn any oil, about 3 months after I installed this motor it started burning a little more oil and about 2 months after that it started burning oil by the barrel, now about 9 months after this motor was put in it's a huge oil burner and its embarrassing to drive it smokes so bad!I use 20w50 oil and add oil treatments on a regular basis and it still smokes.
General comments?
My comments about a mazda pick up is good, but I don't like the mitsubishi motors that they used at the time, if I only knew how bad theses motors were at the time I would have never bought it! a friend who is a mazda master mechanic saidthe motor are terrible, and suggested to me to find a motor from maybe a chev to install in it.
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| Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? | Yes |
| Model Year | 1987 |
| First year of ownership | 2002 |
| Most recent year of ownership | 2004 |
| Engine and transmission | Manual |
| Performance marks | 2/10 |
| Reliability marks | 1/10 |
| Comfort marks | 6/10 |
| Dealer Service marks | 5/10 |
| Running Costs (higher is cheaper) | 1/10 |
| Distance when acquired | 23000 kilometres |
| Most recent distance | 25500 kilometres |
| Previous car | mazda mazda |
| Date of Entry | 28th November, 2004 |