I pulled apart my ACV and cleaned it all up, but apparentley they don't make replacement gaskets. What is a good gasket material to use to make them and does anyone have templates?

 

i used permatex "gasket maker" with no problems. I think its called atv or rtv its a brownish color.

john ny

 

Just a roll of gasket paper from the auto store plus an exacto knife and a marker/penci/pen.

As in ...lay the ACV on the paper and mark around it with a pencil/pen/marker.

The holes? Wet the ACV mating surface with a film of vaseline then lay it on the paper and press down. Lift the ACV off and you have the outline of the holes. Mark the outlines and apply the exacto knife to the paper.

 

^ +1 i used a $6 sheet of gasket paper and about an hour with some scissors and a drill (for stud holes) and made my egr, acv, split air,and bac gaskets at about 1/4 the cost.

 

Easiest way is to get your hands dirty and then place a clean sheet of paper on the Valve. Then rub your fingers over the paper where you see the shadow of the valve. Don't move the paper and you'll have a picture of the gasket surface. Cut paper out and use to trace on gasket paper.

 

Thanks all. My biggest concern was a clearance issue. With the two solenoid valves on the ACV I wanted to make sure there wouldn't be an issue of the valves opening the plunger to much or not enough or not closing completelywith the thickness of the gasket material that it would make a difference.

 

I believe Mazdatrix offers them.

 

Not a player. The solenoids use a washer anyway. Like the post above said, the dealer (Mazdatrix) sells the gaskets. But why? You can make one in a half hour for pennies.

 

Talked to Mazdatrix before I started this thread and they said they aren't made because it's not a serviced item. I guess mazda'a perspective is to toss it away and get a new one. the only part associated with this that a spare parts are made for is the solenoid swithces and the check valve.