My friend who is in school in St. Kitts messaged me today that her mazda tribute is broke down. No one on the island can identify this broken piece. I am by no means a mechanic but have a little experience but none with mazdas. It is a 2002 model. It looks to be part of the cooling system as there is coolant in the photos. I found a part for a 2008/9 model tribute that resembles her corroded POS but nothing for an '02. Is it a cooling hose connector?

It is located on the engine block between the two heads. Here are a couple pictures...

Rusted part that needs replacement



Where it broke off




The part I found that kinda looks like her rusty part..



Thank you for any help or advice!!!

 

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Helll, let's try this again....


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those pics are nice. I am not a Mazda parts geek, but looks like you got a handle on it. I would phone Mazda and ask if you could get an e-mail address and provide them with a link to this thread so they can view pics, or just e-mail them your pics.

 

Is this the 3L Duratec engine?

If so it may be related to the water pump:

Or it could be part of the thermostat housing.