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2000 Mazda Protege 1.6L MFI DOHC 4cylThe Spark Plug Gap.044 (In thousandths of an inch)
A spark plug for a 2003 Mazda Protege has a 14 mm thread size, and a 19 mm reach. The gap is 1.1 mm.
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It may be your spark plug wires. I had a Honda that hesitated when going up hill or when accelerating and it ended up being that the spark plug wire insulation had some hair line cracks causing the wires to short. I replaced the wires and havent had the issue since.
driver side, underneath those spark plugs wires you should see a orange plug, pull it out all the way.
with a 10mm socket remove the two ignition coils and the two spark plug wires, using a 5/8 spark plug socket and one long extension and a ratchet remove the spark plugs and install the new ones
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