Thanks for the quick response. I was thinking it may be that, but not really sure how honest the guy was who sold it to me. He says the fan broke and he drove it a km or so until he could pull over, then lost power and shut it off. I saw the fan is cracked and broken in a few pieces....


I figured timing belt, but possibility of warped or cracked head contributing to no compression. Going to pull the plugs if the timing belt is on right, and check the compression.

I bought the truck anyways, as I figured worst case scenario I put a different motor in it... either Kia, or something else.

Any idea what kind of swaps people have done on these? Is the Mazda 626 engine and the Ford Probe engine identical? I thought they were front wheel drive...?

anyways, thanks again. I will check into the timing belt tomorrow night...

Also thanks for the offer for the timing belt instructions. I searched and found a few links pointing to the Kia site where the technical bulletins are.... Nice site. Wish more manufacturers did that.