A woodruff key is the bane of my life at the moment – that’s what it is. An insignificant oblong piece of metal, the Achilles heel of Mazda MX5′s built between 1990 and 1994. For such a tiny thing, it can have a big impact on the health of your engine. It’s the Metal Micky [...]

Well, we’ve finally found the reason my little smurf coloured MX5 sounds like an asthmatic running up a hill. The principle is essentially the same – breathing problems! Mechanic no.7 said timing and he was right! No.7 is a mechanic for Arriva buses who’s hobby is stripping cars and today we stripped Maurice, who’s looking [...]

There is a little black box – one of many – in my car that is apparently called a throttle position sensor or TPS unit for short. A friendly mechanic who came for a look said he could narrow Maurice’s problem down to either the AFM or the TPS – as I’d already changed the [...]

Pretty much the same as it does in any other car! But, I find a simple title is always the best and I’m beginning to think that in all matters relating to cars these days, especially after the past couple of weeks. I’m steaming that my MX5 is still sat in the driveway and I [...]