Painting Valve Cover

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:05 am

Depends how old the gasket is. A supple relatively new one can be re-used. A brittle old one usually can't.

Only use genuine Mazda for this. This is one case where genuine is far better than aftermarket. Best source is here: http://www.mx5parts.co.uk/cover-gasket- ... p-240.html Make sure you select 1.8 or 1.6 correctly - they're different.

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:58 am

Like this? :wink:

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:17 pm

Mazda factory workshop manual. Go looking in the technical guides section of this forum.

Postby **Okibi** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:38 am

Looks pretty good, gonna paint mine soon too.

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:09 pm

Turned out great but please re-consider painting the lettering and do them black.

Also, you shouldn't paint hose barbs, it makes fitting hoses a bit harder and you risk getting paint flakes in the hose.

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:30 pm

^ agreed.

I'd be sanding the paint off the hose fittings.
And I'd also be removing the paint from the gasket valleys.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:47 am

The designer of the engine upgrade for the first NA deliberately left the cam cover unpainted because he thought some enthusiasts would like to polish the cover.