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Re: Painting Valve Cover
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:05 am
by manga_blue
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.
Re: Painting Valve Cover
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 11:58 am
by manga_blue
Like this?
Re: Painting Valve Cover
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:17 pm
by manga_blue
Mazda factory workshop manual. Go looking in the technical guides section of this forum.
Re: Painting Valve Cover
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:38 am
by Okibi
Looks pretty good, gonna paint mine soon too.
Re: Painting Valve Cover
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:09 pm
by Lokiel
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.
Re: Painting Valve Cover
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:30 pm
by hks_kansei
^ agreed.
I'd be sanding the paint off the hose fittings.
And I'd also be removing the paint from the gasket valleys.
Re: Painting Valve Cover
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:47 am
by Mr Morlock
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.