i need a 2001 mazda 626 4 cyl engine... and help

[jason_bet]

i need a 2001 mazda 626 4 cyl engine, and if anyone knows.. what is the name of the motor in this car? and what other motors are a direct bult in to this car.. any help would be great thanks!!

[rjitzsu]

FS is engine code
2.0 liter inline 4 cyl
98-2002 will all bolt up.

[jason_bet]

thank you! just what i needed!!

[jason_bet]

i found a motor and im going to swap it in on monday.. any tricks to speed it up a little bit? or any thing i should watch out for? i mean it looks very very simple but i have never touched a 626 before.. thanks!

[jason_bet]

hmm also i was wondering can i pull the motor with out pulling the tranny? i know you can on some cars.. but again i know hardly any thing on pulling this motor.. also does any one know where there are instructions on how to pull this motor? and if its posible is it easyer to pull the tranny any ways? it is an automatic trany.. thanks!
Jason

[rjitzsu]

-manual goes out from the bottom w trans.
-automatic comes easiest from top without trans.
-torque converter bolts removed from hole left by starter.
-don't forget to swap the flex plate on back of engine, if your new one doesn't have one.
-harness is real easy to pull up... no real tips there.
-i reccomend replacing the thermostat on any used engine.
-careful with the rubber spacers on the 2 nuts at the back of the bottom crossmember... leave them out of put them upside down and they'll make all kinds of noise.

pretty straightforward.
nothing special.

[Mirock]

I agree pretty simple job , i woul sugest u to swap out the yiming belt and wp while motor is out of the car

[jason_bet]

that is a good idea! ok now how do i slide the engine off the tranny? after all the bolts are off and i have taken off the torqu converter bolts too.. how do i get it to slide off from there?
Thanks so much for this help!

[Mirock]

U will have to jerk it off ,cause tranny have some kind of sleawes on couple of boltholes in a housing to help position it with the engine acuuratelly .Then it schould come out . good luck

[Mirock]

Oh i assume engine and tranny are out of the car.

[jason_bet]

im leaving the automatic tranny in the car im just pulling the motor... rjitzsu said that it easyest to pull the motor out the top with out the tranny if its an automatic..

[Mirock]

as far as iknow mazda there is not much room in an engine bay so u will have very restricted room to manouver a power plant to sleed off a tranny,u may have too tilt the whole thing upwards to get it off .Just fromm my experience (id few engine swap ups-honda ,itsu etc.)first time i did it,i did exactlyas rjitsu said i did left tranny in the bay,but then i took me a great deal of time to position engine on the hoist to meet with the tranny. untill then i'm always removing the whole thing(engine tranny) out it is easier to work on swaping out engines with the tranny on the garage floor that in the engine bay ( simple more manuvarebility) and the only thing to worry about when u putting the whole thing back in are the mounts .Anyway that just my oppinion good luck

[rjitzsu]

i've found that spending the 10 minutes to get the engine and trans lined up saves a great deal of time, as opposed to removing the trans harness, mounts, and axles... say, an extra 45 minutes? maybe an hour if the axles are seized in the hubs?

a block of wood tilting the torque converter side of the trans up slightly while sliding the engine in with the flywheel side slightly lower makes things easier. just get your torque converter studs lined up, or close, and pinch them together with one or two bellhousing bolts.

another thing i've learned is that disturbing as few things as possible is always best. so...

if you can take the engine out without the trans, and it's faster, and requires less work, why wouldn't you?

[rjitzsu]

and...
if you're replacing timing belt and water pump, make sure to check your timing belt tensioner pulley. the hole on the pulley that the tensioner spring hooks on to commonly wears out. i've seen countless broken tensioners and springs on these 2.0L and just a handful of broken timing belts.

[jason_bet]

ok now im going to sound retarded but i cant figure out how to take off the torque converter bolts! the hole left by the starter is so small and right under the intake manifold how many bolts are there? and where are they located inside there? do you know of a place with pictures.. i have been looking all mourning! and what is the flex plate? other then the bolts holding on the torque converter and the passanger side motor mount i have it ready to pull! this is taking me way way more time then it should... thanks so much for the help!