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Old 11-03-2009 | 06:32 PM
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Mazda NOT selling new short blocks????
Hunting engines for a friend, her car lost compression.
Interesting find; Mazda is not selling new engine short blocks in North America?

WTF?

Anyone know why?
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Old 11-03-2009 | 06:40 PM
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don't know why they're not.
have they before? Can't say I've heard of peopel buying new short blocks straight from MNAO.

call Paul, he'll hook ya up
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Old 11-03-2009 | 08:03 PM
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funny.... in China they don't sell the apex seals but offer the short block for $7k...
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Old 11-03-2009 | 08:47 PM
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Probably because they are faulted and will fail, they don't want more warranty issues.
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Old 11-04-2009 | 10:37 PM
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Well, there is no point of selling one ?

For the record, part number for The engine is N3H2-02-200
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Old 11-05-2009 | 12:55 PM
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thanks for the part number. i'll file that away
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