NEW - paperback Other Ford Laser Car Workshop Repair Manuals click here Other Mazda 323 Car Workshop Repair Manuals click here Australian Ford Laser Mazda 323 / Astina 1989 - 1994 Owners Service Repair Manual covers: Ford Laser KF and KH series L GL S and Ghia models 1990 - 1994 Mazda 323 sedan and Astina models 1989 - 1994 Please note: Does not cover turbo model 4WD or DOHC models. Engines covered: 1.6 litre 1.8-litre EFI Transmissions Described: 5 Speed manual 3 Speed 4 Speed Automatic Contents: Introduction Tools Equipment Safety Lubrication Maintenance Wheels Tyres Engine Tune-Up Roadside Trouble Shooting Engine Cooling Fuel System Clutch Manual Transmission Driveshafts Automatic Transmission Steering Front Suspension Rear Suspension Brakes Electrical System Wiring Diagrams Body Emission Control Supplement: KB Laser GA GB Meteor Engine Tune-Up Fuel System Brakes Electrical System
Ford Laser / Meteor and Mazda 323 Gregorys Owners Service Repair Manual 1981 - 1989NEW - paperback Other Ford Car Repair Manuals click here Ford Laser Meteor Mazda 323 1981 - 1989 Gregorys Owners Service Repair Manual covers Sedan hatchback wagon. #9679;This Manual Covers Series - KA KB KC KE.SOHC DOHC Engines Covered: #9679; 1.1 litre #9679; 1.3 litre #9679; 1.5 litre #9679; 1.6 litreCovers everything you need to know step by step procedures hundreds of photographs and illustrations routine maintenance wiring diagrams repairs and overhauls and what tools to buy. Gregory s manuals are based on an actual vehicle stripdown and are researched and written by automotive engineers with vast experience.Gregory s workshop manuals are produced for the Australian market. These vehicle specifications may vary from those sold in other countries. Please be aware of these possible differences prior
The Familia has also been rebranded as the Ford Laser and Ford Meteor in Asia, Oceania, Southern Africa, some Latin-American region and, from 1991, whilst the Ford Escort and Mercury Tracer in the united states.
Familias had been manufactured in Hiroshima, Japan and are furthermore assembled in a variety of nations including Taiwan, Malaysia, Southern Africa, Colombia, and brand new Zealand.
The Familia AP debuted in January 1977 as a rear-wheel-drive subcompact, replacing the Grand Familia therefore the preceding Familia. There was either hatchbacks and place truck body, both readily available with a 3- or 5-door bodystyle. The facility Wagon/Van variation had been a little later on, first becoming introduced in June 1978, which suggested that commercial versions based on the 1970 Familia could eventually be resigned. Three Mazda motors were readily available, the 985 cc PC, 1,272 cc TC, or 1,415 cc UC. The small one-liter unit was only designed for export areas. The latest Familia provided many parts because of the older Mazda Grand Familia. This is initial appearance of 323 title, for export areas only.
In June 1979 the 323/Familia underwent a renovation, replacing the last circular headlights with rectangular devices of designed as one product together with the grille. Other lesser variations occurred together with the facelift. In Southern Africa a 1600 cc model is offered â nevertheless this design didn't have a Mazda engine, unlike all of those other number. To fulfill that country's local content laws, a Mitsubishi Saturn 1.6-litre product had been used. This produces 77 PS and had been the essential powerful motor setup into the FA-series Familia/323.
The range is replaced in 1980, though the place wagon systems continued in production until 1986. In 1981 a facelift was given on truck number, to offer a front end procedures much like Mazda's front-wheel drive 323/Familia run.
It absolutely was for sale in several system alternatives:
Five-door four-seat hatch.
Three-door four-seat hatch.
Five-door four-seat facility wagon.
Three-door four-seat facility wagon.
Three-door two-seat van with a protracted roof profile.
A number of these had been obtainable in several trim level.
Engines:
1.0 L Computer, 45 PS / 51 lb·ft â export just
1.3 L TC 60 PS / 72 PS in Japan
1.4 L UC 83 PS in Japan
Van motors:
1.3 L TC 85 PS
1.4 L UC 85 PS
1.5 L E5 70 PS
A five-speed guide gearbox was launched later on as an option to the original four-speed manual gearbox. Simultaneously the original 7-inch circular sealed beam headlights were replaced with square sealed-beam devices on all designs except the van, with a broad styling and mechanical update. A three-speed automated gearbox was also available on the bigger engined models, it absolutely was very first launched at the conclusion of Summer 1978.
Late Mazda 323 Wagon
When the after that generation front-wheel-drive Familia/323/GLC designs are introduced in 1980, the wagon and van versions proceeded unchanged, because of Mazda not creating truck systems for the newer number. A facelift but was given to the wagons in 1981, which offered the systems leading video of front-wheel-drive models. Creation of the wagons proceeded to 1986, when a front-wheel-drive design ended up being introduced. Originally available using the 1.3 litre TC and 1.4 litre UC engines, the larger product had been changed with all the brand-new 1.5 liter E5 motor for 1983 design 12 months.
For the United States, the GLC, promoted as the Great minimal vehicle, was just provided with one engine at any given time. The new GLC overlapped using the old-style Mizer for element of 1977 and had been produced through 1980 before being replaced because of the next-generation GLC. The advertising campaign in the U.S. had the text "Great Little automobile" set-to the tune of Spanish Flea.
Although Mazda established fact for Wankel "rotary" motors, the organization has been manufacturing piston machines considering that the first several years of the Toyo Kogyo organization. Early, they created overhead cams, aluminum obstructs, and a forward thinking block containing the motor and transmission in one unit. This section summarizes piston engine advancements. Keep in mind that best Mazda's V-twin, straight-4, and V6 designs made they to market. The business has engineered and complete a V8 and a V12 motor by 1990 for usage in their proposed Amati luxury vehicle brand name. Due to monetary hardships through that time, the blissful luxury brand name was abandoned including those two motors.
V-twin
Like other Japanese manufacturers, Mazda created V-twin motors because of their three-wheeled shipping motors associated with nineteen fifties. They certainly were additionally found in some of the tiny keicars of this sixties. These were basically motorcycle machines, and were largely superseded by water-cooled straight-4 motors in some many years, with the exception of within the Mazda R360 which remained in production until 1969 especially for the handicapped.
V-twin - 356 ccâ1.4 L air-cooled V2
Straight-4
Mazda's power since the sixties has been in its line of straight-4 motors. You start with a little 358 cc keicar motor, one of the littlest ever made, Mazda continues to today become a leading creator with this particular system.
OHV system - 300 ccâ1.2 L OHV I4
xC engine - 1.0 Lâ1.8 L SOHC I4
E motor - 1.1 Lâ1.5 L SOHC I4
F engine - 1.6 Lâ2.2 L SOHC/DOHC I4
Mazda R Diesel system 1983 - 2009
G engine - 2.5 Lâ2.6 L I4
B engine - 1.1 Lâ1.8 L SOHC/DOHC I4
Mazda Z motor - 1.3 Lâ1.6 L DOHC I4
Mazda L motor - 1.8 Lâ2.5 L DOHC I4
Japan Keicar system - Suzuki I4
Diesel - 1.4 Lâ4.6 L I4
YF for Mazda Tribute
SkyActiv-G - 2.0 L I4
SkyActiv-G - 2.5 L I4
SkyActiv-D - Twin Turbo Diesel - 2.2 L I4
The 1985 Familia spawned a Ford Laser twin marketed within the Asia-Pacific. The Laser sedan and wagon were almost identical to the Familia but with a Ford grille. By contrast the Laser hatchback design, which was sold into the U.S. due to the fact Mercury Tracer put completely different panels from Familia's.
This generation of this Familia/323 has also been available in a variation with a turbocharged DOHC system, with either forward- or four-wheel drive. The 4WD version, introduced in October 1985, spotted some success in rally's Group A category. Average GTX's produced 140 PS. A limited manufacturing homologation unique, the GT-Ae, appeared in May 1988 and provided one more ten-horsepower. There clearly was additionally a 1.7-litre diesel variation readily available with 58 PS at 4,300 rpm and 112 N·m at 2,800 rpm. It's an indirect injections system, normally aspirated.
This generation is offered through the 1989 model season in the usa. The truck continued alongside the succeeding generation in most markets until 1994/95, and is later updated with a brand new grille and lighting.
The design remained in production in Southern Africa, as an entry level design, additionally offered once the Ford Tonic until 2003. A locally designed pick-up in line with the Familia front side end, known as the Rustler was also produced, and offered due to the fact Ford Bantam. From 1991 to 1994 Samcor also created and sold the 323 because of the 2.0 L 16-valve DOHC FE motor from Mazda 626 and badged they 200i. Together with the 2.0 L 16-valve DOHC system there were improvements to the suspension system and braking system. However, the 1.6-litre GT-Ae homologation vehicle was stronger.
In 1991, the South African-made design ended up being shipped towards great britain while the Sao Penza and fitted with a 1.3 L fuel-injected engine. This South African made design was also marketed in Australian Continent between 1989 and 1991 with minor changes, the essential obvious any being the leading indicators having a definite colors rather than the regular amber. These designs in which labeled BF instead of the next generation's BG.
A factory-built convertible human anatomy had been introduced in March 1986 both in Mazda 323 and Ford Laser models.
Machines:
1985â1987 â 1.1 L E1, 2 barrel, 8-valve, 55 hp / 59 lb·ft
1985â1987 â 1.3 L E3, 2 barrel, 8-valve, 68 hp / 71 lb·ft
1987â1989 â 1.3 L B3, 2 barrel, 8-valve, 66 PS / 74 lb·ft
1985â1987 â 1.5 L E5, 2 barrel or EGi, 8-valve, 85 PS/12.3 kg·m
1985â1987 â 1.5 L E5T, turbo EGi, 8-valve, 115 PS/16.5 kg·m
1987â1989 â 1.5 L B5, 2 barrel, 12-valve, 73 hp / 81 lb·ft
1985â1989 â 1.6 L B6, 8-valve, 103 hp / 98 lb·ft
1985â1989 â 1.6 L B6T, turbo, 16-valve, 143 hp / 138 lb·ft
1985â1989 â 1.7 L PN, Diesel, 8-valve, 57 hp / 107 lb·ft
1988â1991 â 2.0 L FE-SOHC, EFi, 8-valve, 118 hp / 131 lb·ft
1991â1994 â 2.0 L FE-DOHC, EFi, 16-valve, 146 hp / 136 lb·ft
The 6th generation of Familia included a three-door hatchback, five-door fastback, and a four-door sedan variations, none that provided any system panels. The new five-door fastback version was known as the Familia Astina in Japan and ended up being sold once the 323F or 323 Astina somewhere else. The BF wagon had been carried over in facelifted type, although Ford advertised a wagon from the new platform as part of the North American Escort line.
Trim outlines in Japan included Clair, Interplay, Supreme, "Pepper", and GT-X. Carburetted versions were mostly fallen in 1991, replaced by single-point gasoline injections.
Production of the 1994 design finished on 24, 1994. In Australian Continent, the BG model always been marketed until 1996, as an even more affordable replacement for the more recent BH design.
Motors
1989â1991 â 1.3 L B3, 1 barrel, 8-valve, 76 PS / 101 N·m
1991â1994 â 1.3 L B3, EGI-S, 8-valve, 79 PS / 103 N·m
1989â1991 â 1.5 L B5-M, carburetor, 16-valve, 91 PS / 122 N·m
1990â1994 â 1.5 L B5-MI, EGI-S, 16-valve 94 PS / 123 N·m
1989â1991 â 1.5 L B5-DE, EFi, 16-valve DOHC, 110 PS / 127 N·m
1991â1994 â 1.5 L B5-DE, EFi, 16-valve DOHC, 115â120 PS / 132 N·m
1989â1991 â 1.6 L B6, 1 barrel, 8-valve, 85 hp / 92 lb·ft
1989â1994 â 1.6 L B6, FI, 16-valve SOHC, 103 hp / 108 lb·ft
1989â1994 â 1.8 L BP, FI, 16-valve DOHC, 140 hp / 118 lb·ft
1989â1994 â 1.8 L BPT, FI, 16-valve DOHC, turbo, 180 PS / 237 N·m
1991â1994 â 1.8 L B8, FI, 16-valve SOHC, 103 hp
1992â1993 â 1.8 L BPD, FI, 16-valve DOHC, turbo, 210 PS / 255 N·m
1989â1994 â 1.7 L PN, Diesel, 8-valve, 57 PS / 112 N·m
The 1,839 cc or 1.8 BP is a DOHC variant for the B8, featuring an 83 mm bore and 85 mm stroke and four valves per cylinder. This system ended up being labeled as 'BP-ZE by Mazda designers' and showcased a forged crankshaft, piston oil squirters, an architectural aluminum oils pan with air conditioning fins, a 7,000 rpm redline, and adjustable Intertia Charging program VICS which is activated by a control solenoid at large rpm to boost horse power in the upper rev range. The motor in base form on 91RON fuel creates 96 kW at 6,000 rpm and 165 N·m at 4,000 rpm. The system was a favourite both for N/A and turbo motoring fans for its robust build, materials and construction. This particular variant can be found in the following motors:
1989-1994 Mazda Familia GT
1989-1994 Ford Laser TX3
1994-1998 Ford Laser KJ GLXi
1994-1998 Mazda Artis "LX" VICS jm1
1990-1994 Mazda Protege LX
1995-1998 Mazda Protege ES
1990 Mazda Infini
1990-1991 and 1993 Mazda Protege GT
1990-1993 Mazda 323
1991-1996 Ford Escort GT and LX-E
1991-1996 Mercury Tracer LTS
1995-1997 Kia Sephia RS, LS, GS
1994-1998 Mazda Familia
1994-1998 Mazda Lantis
1994-1997 Mazda MX-5/Miata
1996-1998 Suzuki Cultus Crescent/Baleno/Esteem
There is a non-performance SOHC variation this is certainly many effortlessly acquiesced by its black stamped-steel oils cooking pan. In addition features a cast crankshaft, no oils squirters, a plastic oils pickup tube much less aggressive camshafts. It's found in the 1995-1998 Mazda Protege ES.
a stylish, five-door hatchback version is called the Astina in Japan. Somewhere else, it was called 323F and 323 Astina. A luxury version has also been marketed in Japan whilst the. The vehicle had been created from 1989 until 1994 before being changed because of the Lantis. An integral function associated with Astina/F may be the distinct forward end having its pop-up headlights. There were carbureted or fuel injected SOHC variations offered associated with 1.5 and 1.6 liter motors, and a bigger 1.8 litre DOHC variation with gasoline injections. Unlike the conventional Familia saloons and three-door hatchback, the Astina never came from the factory with a turbo or with four-wheel drive.
Taillight arrangement differs from market to advertise, the main distinction becoming the third brake light in the spoiler as well as 2 brake lighting per group, in the place of one.
A silly JDM design starred in 1994, aided by the termination of 1985-generation station wagon. The Mazda Familia Van supplied next season is a rebadged Nissan Wingroad/Sunny California, that was essentially the facility wagon form of the Nissan Sunny N14.
This generation of Familia expanded quite a bit, with the four-door sedan's wheelbase only some millimetres short of the then-current Toyota Camry, a mid-size vehicle.
A MazdaSpeed variation was released in Japan and Philippines. It emerged built with MazdaSpeed wrap around bodykit, MazdaSpeed back spoiler, Momo tyre, 15-inch Rota Astral wheels wrapped in 195/55R15 Bridgestone Potenza RE01 tires, MazdaSpeed strut tower club, Eibach springs, gas-charged surprise absorbers, swaybars and MazdaSpeed exhaust made by Yumex.
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