1998 1.8 SE BA.
108000KM
Fuel injector seals cracked.

1997 1.8 Executive BA
58k miles
Blown internal bulb cost a whole £1.69 to fix that did

need to look out for that one

323Fastback popups Champers 1.6i J reg 1992
Purchased 1999 80000 on clock.
Has until the year 2005 needed nothing doing at all except sort out seat springs drivers side at time of purchase.
This last year now at 138000, replaced two front shocks, CV's, brake discs and shoes.
Exhaust units replaced as normal, cat not changed in my time.
Broke a suspension arm cornering fast and hitting a small hole. Fixed
Replaced driver window winder unit as stuttered.
Rust in sills dealt with, waxoyl.
Rust treatment underside steamed, red oxided, kurusted
Rear roof lining adrift, fixable with d/sided ind tape.

Lovely car and never a problem. Well maintained.
No knocks or scratches.
One rust patch above rear wing.
Then someone pranged me in the front . Front panel and bumper duffed, slight tweak to bonnet lhs corner and insurance say beyond book value...but whats out there doesnt compare !

Now trying to get another as good as, champers awaiting sale or scrapping...
Certainly the BG's seem fine and a joy to own, talking to others.

DBenz

[quote="DBenz"]Then someone pranged me in the front . Front panel and bumper duffed, slight tweak to bonnet lhs corner and insurance say beyond book value...but whats out there doesnt compare !

Now trying to get another as good as, champers awaiting sale or scrapping...
Certainly the BG's seem fine and a joy to own, talking to others.

DBenz[/quote]

Gutted to hear it; but all may NOT be lost ....

Look out for Parvez - he was in a simular situation - but managed to buy the car back from the Insurance on the cheap after claiming the book value, and managed to get her back on the road using 2nd hand parts and some nifty negotiations with panel beaters/spray painters (and some help from the Club !!!)

i have a 1997 R 323 ZXI
have owned since Jan06 - bought on 79,000 miles, now on 86,500 miles

Espenses in my ownership

replaced front and rear rocker gaskets done twice, and need again, keep splitting or something - £75 a time, but found cheaper online for £35..doh!
front discs, pads (£130) and callipers (£170) - Mazda parts
Idle all over the place, was fixed by guy i bougt it off, had a mechanic clean the valve and throttle body out. - Free!! woohoo
Two new front Tyres - Pirelli P6000 87W (£160)
New back box, mazda part (£190)
Bosh Super 4's Sparke Plugs (£40 - u have to buy bloody 8!)
New HT Leads (£60)
81,000 mile service at mazda (£295 - bloody minor too)
Indiglo white dials (£55) and Astina.dk chrome rings(£49) - look sweet!

Things For the future

Need inner cv/driveshaft replaced due to noise when spining
MOT in jan, arrrghghghghg!
ehaust needs inspection due to rattle,
needs something done to the engine to smooth it out and run nicely
cam belt at somepoint, realllly need to check
prob more little things!

cant help but love the car tho, and i earn crap money - lol!

Got a 1994 323F GLXi BA with 144,280 ish Miles.

Paid £580 quid for it.

Had it almost three month, done 3,250 miles
and still going sweet.

quite depressing really this page isnt it

96' BA 153 000 kms. owned her for a year.

broken gearbox mounting bracket. which also broke off the brake fluid hose and no clutch. the mounting bracket actually only had 2 bolts in it, so i blame the previous owner. 1 brake light globe and 1 head light globe. endless alternator belt screeching. keeps coming back. taped cover gasket oil leak but sorted it out properly this weekend. wasnt tied properly, so not a problem. lots of rattling and not so great fuel consumption. otherwise a very reliable car and wouldnt trade it for a ferrari. love my car.

1997 LXI 1.5, 72,000 miles on the clock

So far the only thing that's died on it is the aerial and the clutch (though the clutch was my fault).

Theres a strange clunking noise coming from the bonnet somewhere though, and no garage I've taken it to knows what it is, so I'll probably be adding to this list in the near future .

Another thing to watch out for is the Friction Rings on the V6's. Apparently it was an engine design fault in the early V6's, but was corrected in the later models. Approximate cost for fix: NZD$600 - $800. Had some other work done as well - Cambelt, waterpump, idler tensioner, cam cover, front and rear rocker cover gaskets, friction rings, new intake pipe, labour = NZD$1600-1700

I think my little car's done really well..!!

14 1/2 yrs old, 1992 GLXi BG, now has nearly 162,000 miles and I think I've done .... well, an awful lot of those... deffo had less than 100K
Mum bought it Sept 2003, then it was mine in Mar 04.

Dent in wing (mother's fault!) fixed
Lost a wheel trim
Usual cam belt/tyres/brakes/couple of lights/battery/oil/new radiator cap etc etc
£78.13 to fix after broken into / attempted thieving - engine fuse + new ignition bits plus 50 quid for a steering lock then my brother decoded my radio for me
Failed an MOT on corroded brakes lines... apparently...hmmm
£100+ on new braided part of the exhaust at the front
New ciggy lighter (for mobile phone charging!)

That's it!

Could do with a new clutch coz it squeaks, but doesn't slip or anything
Water pump leaks a bit if it feels like it
Cooling system could probably do with a proper flushing out/cleaning
Little bits of rust here and there
Paint laquer on bonnet and other patches coming off (gives character!)
Electric windows stick sometimes, must get some of that silicon whatever stuff
Rear washer pump stopped working a few months back
Funny clicking noise where drivers seatbelt clicks in when going over bumps
LCD display on radio all green and can't see the numbers anymore
Internal clock.... still works!

Never broken down, starts first time whatever, most excellent car in the world!!

Only had mine for under a month and so far I've found lots of cosmetic body work and a bit of Sub-structure straightening to do but that was damaged before I got it There's a few oily patches on the engine that I haven't diagnosed yet and the MOT's due in September. I'm currently working through an MOT guide fixing things as I find then and so far I've only changed a few bulbs and a wiper blade (that was in the boot when I got the car LOL).

hmmm, 1995 m reg, 1.8 glx BA

Just had it two weeks, needed,

New front bumper,-------Bodykit will sort that
new rocker gasket------Changed
New dizzy o rings-------Changed
Oil change, -------------Done
Cam and timming belt----Not sure when to do these
a general service, --------Will do when i do the timing belt
New startor motor--------Was just an earthing strap brand new stater
the rad pipe under the dizzy,------soon
new sparkers----To be honest im happy with the standard ones
New spark plug leads, -------Will be done at service
and rust treatment to rear arches, ( paint was bubbled but still solid.

Not bad considering sparkie ( yes thats its name. long story lol) is almost 12 years old andnearly 100,000 had a very bad ex owner

94 reg, 143000 miles

new front passenger window due to a bell breaking into it, 2 front tyres and thats it for now. lol

anyone know where i can get an adaptor for an induction kit to fit onto the MAF??? or have one for sale?? cheers

1997 Estoril Ba

Have owned for 2 1/2 years

All 4 anitroll bar links
track rod ends
1 tie rod end
cambelt changed at 54k now on 95k
just general services since i've had it
I think that's all i can't think of anything else.

1997 1.5 GXi Innsbruck - Silver....

had her over a year now....

recently had to change:
- brake shoes and
- rear passenger side brake cable
- both the front ball joints....

in January... one drop link popped so i had all four of them changed....

that's about it..... plus general servicing...

1990 BG 1.8 GT

217k

Had since April, and I've only had to change front brake shoes and offside front shock.
Very little work done on car before by previous owners as well.
Apart from that, I've got water leaking in but don't know where from.

1998 BA 1.5 GXi

88k

Had for over a year -
New brake discs and pads
Exhaust - everything except cat replaced
New Oil Sump
Minor Rust taken care of

Currently AC needs a regas and the AC clutch is noisy as hell, so im just gonna leave that switched off until next summer
Also have a new CAT waiting to be fitted, old one rattles a bit but still just passes emissions

Other than that, thorough maintenance, and modification where possible

Bought in june last year
New disks and front pads
left rear abs sensor
right rear central locking servo
regular oil changes
gearbox oil change

bought her at 118k km now she has 129k km

'96 1.8 BA
Had it for 7 months.
It's got 125K on it (had about 115 when I got it - I do about 1.3K a month)

Radiator was shagged when I got it and the thermostat was buggered (probably deliberately to compensate for the state of the radiator)
Coolant bypass valve failed.
Bit of rust on the passenger door and the leading edge of the bonnet that needs fixed.

That's it so far.

Bought Last Week
Mileage 106k
just fitted new front discs and 2 rear tyres
MOT tommorow so will either be exstatic or suicidal

Ben

[quote="Smotter"]
. Replaced security system after a hijacking
[/quote]

A while back I noticed you were from South Africa, and the first thing I thought of was "highjackings, lots of highjackings" haha. Unlucky mate.

I received an eMail a whileback with a spread-sheet listing all hi-jackings over the last 5 years or so ... There was one Astina listed; Mine !!! Luckily I have a tracking system, so they found her 1/2 an hour later !!!

by the way : on that spreadsheet, they listed thousands of Toyota's and Golfs ...

[quote="Smotter"]There was one Astina listed; Mine !!! [/quote]

Wow and I thought I was unlucky having two crashes in one day last week!

madza 323f 1997 1.5 venetian trim
replaced front tire biiig slash down side
cam belt ruined squeels badly some times
when changed all interior lights all electrics went including central locking sorted that out..
abs not working (well missing fuse)
78000 miles when i got it 90300 now had it for 3 months
left brake light blown out twice no idea why

Rattle behind nearside back seat - broken clip discovered after removing of the whole boot trim
Nothing else (so far!), but major service incl. timing belt change this Thurs - hopefully my mechanic won't find anything else.

1993 (J) 1.6 GLXI wheel bearing, passenger electric mirror stopped working had it 18 mts sold it at 100000
1996 (P) 1.5 Figaro no problems had the car 2yrs it got wrote off at 72000
present car 1998 1.5 GXI 120000 sticky brakes (which the members here helped me sort so no cost, new clutch but original did a staggering 106000 mls, near side ball joint had the car 5 yrs also run a MX3 V6 and touch wood just as good steve//

93 1.8 DOHC 120 k miles had it a year.

Regular maintenance, wherupon I discovered one slightly cracked break hose, replaced the pair as a precaution.

93 for the win!

I got my mazda 323f 92 model 1.6 in 2000, had it eight years, got it with 15000 miles on it, ended with about 170.000 miles..

almost Every service, resulted in new ball joints (only one at a time normally)
new exhaust
several bulbs (took quick fit, 5 attempts and 40 minutes to change a reverse light once, prat was changing the brake light instead )
Power steering pipe
tyres of course

Accident damage (not my fault)

i cant think of anything really serious, that was wrong with it..excellent motor