to get a new gasket for my vaul cover. Not sure what I need but looks really easy to do.

What am I looking for, how much do they run for. Whats a good brand?

Need to know soon I think because its looking kind of bad. What kind of sysmtoms would having a leaking on cause?

Um... what else do I need to look for?

Thanks, need a respons quick. I am really kind of worried about it.

 

I guess you mean valve cover gasket? If so, it is easy to do. All you should need it a basic set of tools, mainly a 10mm socket and wrench. Remove all the bolts holding the cover on and take the cover off. The new gasket is flexible rubber and fits in a groove on the cover, it can only go one way Make sure you fit the seal correctly and clean the cover and mating surface well. For a brand, I have used FEL PRO in the past with no problems, I think Auto Zone sells them now. When installing do not overtighten the bolts, they are small and can break easily.

If you let the oil leak go long enough and if it is bad enough, you can get a lot of engine smoke under the hood. The worst case scenario is an engine fire!

 

Well got the new Felpro valve cover gasket instaled yesterday. Found out that who ever changed it befor broke a bolt and just used selant to keep the bold in place but its not to bad the cover is still on there tight I will just need to get a new bolt for it at some point. Any ideas where to get on?

Any way I put it on there with a little bit of selant and its on there really good now. Oh man does it run and feel much better not that I got the old on of and the new one on.

That old one was really bad. I mean screwed up looking.

I think the total cost was like 14 bucks or something like that. So easy to do.

Um... yeah. So I am really happy about gettting that done and that I did it right and was so easy to do.

Thanks for all the help and encouragement.

Thanks bkey71, you have no idea how easier it is to have someone to just run it threw with you.

Such a big help thank!!!!

 

Thats great, you got it fixed! Its not that hard to do, just take your time and be patient...that is the key. If you are missing one bolt it should not be a big problem. Did you look where the bolt goes and see if the rest of the broken bolt was still in the cyl head? If it is you will need to drill it out to replace it. You can buy a new bolt from the dealer I would think, or go to a junkyard with the right size wrench and snag one.

 

From the dealer? Like...? A mazda dealership? I mean I can see the bolt when I take the cover off. It was pretty much the head and just a little bit of the bolt that came off. I think I can just get it out with some pliers.

I really need to look and find a junk yard some where close to me so I can find some parts for cheap. Crap I mean its ok now but I will need to find a bolt at some point soon.

What do you mean by a dealer? I mean someone who just deals with mazdas?

 

It will be a metric fastener. Best bet is to take one of the unbroken bolts in to your local hardware store at match it against what they have. Anything Grade 5 should do just fine. Call around and find the store that has a selection of metric fasteners (you may even be able to get stainless steel fasteners as replacements and just swap out all of the bolts.) If you're unsure of what you are buying, talk to the guy at the hardware store and let him know the application. If the store is any good, they should be able to help you out, no problem.

For getting the stud out, if you have access to a welder, you can always weld a nut onto what's left of the stud. (thread it onto what's left of the stud and weld on the top surface. Make sure to shield everything for weld spatter. (A heavy cotton blanket should do fine.) It will give you something good to get a hold of to back the nut out, and the heat that goes into the stud during welding can serve to loosen the fastener as well.

 

What I meant was the Mazda dealer, but I wasn't sure if it was a special bolt, like a bolt with a long shoulder. If your bolt is a standard type bolt, do as stated above and go to the hardware store. The grade 5 is a good idea but that only applies to SAE bolts, not metric...which you have. There is a number on top of metric bolts, that indicates its strength. Just go get a comporable bolt and be done with it.