front cover gasket or rtv?
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is a racer method of having the OMP functional but ensuring the timing cover O ring is torqued tighter without the thickness of a gasket
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Also, the gasket is accounted for with the front cover O-ring. If you just use RTV, the front cover will be on tighter and could crush the O-ring too tightly or tear it, causing a failure and low oil pressure.
Either a stock paper gasket or the newer metal one.
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Either a stock paper gasket or the newer metal one.
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yesterday i disasembled a japanese 97 ebgine and there was indeed a metal gusket fitted.
BUT:
there was not there the oring and the teflon buckup ring.
i noticed that the gasket fits and seals arount the oil pasage but is this the newer desighn or someone forgot to fit an oring and a teflon ring?
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BUT:
there was not there the oring and the teflon buckup ring.
i noticed that the gasket fits and seals arount the oil pasage but is this the newer desighn or someone forgot to fit an oring and a teflon ring?
thanks
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With the newer metal front cover gasket, you use NO o-ring or Teflon spacer. Throw the gasket on, bolt on front cover, done.
Atkins Rotary sells that gasket -
https://www.atkinsrotary.com/store/M...90-10-502.html
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Atkins Rotary sells that gasket -
https://www.atkinsrotary.com/store/M...90-10-502.html
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basically the conflict is that the dealers pay to sell Mazda stuff, so they get angry if Mazda sells stuff without them. since the dealerships can't buy competition parts, this setup works, because its not competition.
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No sealant, Make sure both surfaces are totally clean, no old RTV or bits of old gasket, has to be good, flat metal. Then just toss it in and bolt on the front cover.
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ive seen a few where the paper gasket broke between bolt holes and gets pushed out and leaks a lot, metal gasket would fix that
metal gasket also fixes the o ring chicanery.
metal gasket also fixes the o ring chicanery.
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I just replaced my pushed out paper gasket with one of the metal ones. The iron does have the recess machined for the oil pump washer and o-ring, and I put a new washer and o-ring in. Now I am worried I should not have put them in. That area didnt pull down tight until the final torque setting. Should I take it back apart and re-do it?
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