![]() ![]() The thing you DON'T want to break is the water pump. If the belt is worn, it will break no matter how you drive it.Īnd in my humble opinion, it is not likely to break much before 125K miles. So will the oil in your car if you go over the recommended change interval. You should do it at the recommended interval as suggested in the Mazda's sold in California owners manual. The gaskets do appear to be of the flimsy paper variety If I can’t find some better ones locally then I’d have to order them and do this another weekend which is a bummer. But you can't gather too much information on this process to make it go easily and perfectly. You are shooting for 120 lbs and of course it goes without saying you will check it again after driving a 100 or so miles. ![]() This is especially true because you have a lot of stuff out of the way. But if you are referring to the accessory belts, get yourself a Gates Kriket tension gauge. The pulleys will tension the belt for you, if you do. The fourth tip just is a question by what do you mean by belt tension? If you are referring to the timing belt itself, just follow the instructions you find with your web search. As for aligning the marks, be sure to identify them properly on the Cam wheels and use a camera to align them exactly with the marks on the plate behind the Cam wheels. Remove both crank seals easily by removing the end caps on the Camshafts. The third tip is to use the Flyin' Miata tools for both holding the crank and installing the seals. You will drop some washers, so just get a kit of Chinese copper washers from Amazon. You would put the valve cover back straight down over the VVT actuator with the help of a dab of Shinetsu grease. This will allow you to remove the valve cover by lifting straight up off the actuator and not disassembling things that could cause some problems. That would be to undo the banjo bolt in the rear of the valve cover, being careful not to lose the copper crush washers. When you go through all the online advice, including the garage section, very little is said about dealing with the VVT stuff. The second tip is because I noticed you have a VVT engine. One is to be sure that the GASKETS in your kit are OEM Mazda gaskets. I have two contributions besides what has already been said. ![]()
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