The previous owner told me he replaced the CB joints. That was the only major repair the car has had. At 133000, the piston rings are starting to go, so the car is burning some major oil. I took it to a mechanic and he put some oil additives in the oil so the car now only burns about a 3/4 a quart every 3-4000 miles.
Despite the high mileage, the car still has retained most of its power. The car is quick and fun. Great car for younger people. The handling is amazing. It really sticks to the road. This car is very comfortable.
Buddy, you probably won't read this, but piston rings don't go on these cars!!! The problems is that these engines get dirty very quickly and requires flushing it very often. If it were piston rings your car would smoke - instead it's just burning oil just like most high rpm Japanese engines do - they simply have to.
So, go to mx6.com and search for Kerosene Flush procedure and flush your engine. If you're afraid to use Kerosene, search for auto rx on google, and buy their product and flush your engine - you'll be surprised after how good these engines are!!!
Synthetic Oil will keep the engine clean and lasting much longer. I've logged 5-10% better fuel economy. I used Mobil 1 for 200,000 Km (120K Miles) on a 1989 Mazda 121 aka Festiva and sold it to my brother who sold it at 240,000, and it is still going strong. It endured -45 to 100 F temps and lots of fast and hard driving. It helps to have the engine warm to operating temp first if you want longevity. Treat it gently till warm! It got the best readings you could possibly get on a Compression and Leak-Down test, and the camshaft still looked like new. Required valve adj service every 24K and found to be totally clean around valvetrain. Valves never had to be adjusted and oil never had to be added. The cam (on overhead cam engines) get the oil last on startup where most wear occurs.
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