Engine cover: do you need to keep it on the engine?
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Engine cover: do you need to keep it on the engine?
Is a plastic engine cover necessary to be kept on the engine? When I need to add oil in the engine occasionally, it is inconvenient to take it off each time. If the cover is for an aesthetic purpose only, I would like to keep it at home.
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My RX8 is equipped with the K&N ram air package. So, one of the cover's clips has to get off the ram air's air box, which is a little tricky as I cannot simply yank it off (because that may broke off the air box). Instead, I have get my air under the cover to pop off that one clip to remove the cover.
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My cover has been off for 3 years. When you put the mazdaspeed strut tower on, you have to modify the cover if you want to leave it on and I'm not into messing with the OEM cover because I may want to take it back to stock when/if I sell. You will not have any problem removing it. Please ignore the negative comments. They make some people feel important.
SonicSE3P, great comments for your first and second post. You should be received well on here!
SonicSE3P, great comments for your first and second post. You should be received well on here!
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I was referring to the plastic engine cover thingy in the engine bay. I doubt there is any connection between the plastic engine cover and the apex seal. Or, does that engine cover actually have the mechanical purpose of protecting the apex seal?
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1. air flow
2. heat
3. noise
4. dust
Weird thing is that nowhere in the owners manual, shop manual or any piece of paper from mazda does it say any of those things about the cover. Road and Track, Modified, Automobile, and a few other car magazines have all had articles about the proliferation of engine covers and why they feel they're silly and useless weight.
If you like a tidy looking engine bay, keep the cover. If you dont like having to take off the cover to inspect the engine of change the oil, leave it off.
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Decoration.
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Airflow sounds silly, but if you watch how the air is directed underhood, it might be feasible that it helps route the air to some degree.
With that said, your car will operate just fine without it.
Heat isn't a big deal, the underside of the hood has stuff to protect it.
I think the #1 reason is for decoration. Maybe airflow as #2.
It's not so good at dust since by that point any dust would be all over your engine and other parts under hood. Noise? It isn't going to do much for that either.
With that said, your car will operate just fine without it.
Heat isn't a big deal, the underside of the hood has stuff to protect it.
I think the #1 reason is for decoration. Maybe airflow as #2.
It's not so good at dust since by that point any dust would be all over your engine and other parts under hood. Noise? It isn't going to do much for that either.
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My understanding was the cover helps airflow by directing the air over the components under it, and then out toward the fender vents where hot air can flow back out. However if you're just sitting in traffic and not moving, it probably helps to cook your engine bay a bit more...
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Airflow sounds silly, but if you watch how the air is directed underhood, it might be feasible that it helps route the air to some degree.
With that said, your car will operate just fine without it.
Heat isn't a big deal, the underside of the hood has stuff to protect it.
I think the #1 reason is for decoration. Maybe airflow as #2.
It's not so good at dust since by that point any dust would be all over your engine and other parts under hood. Noise? It isn't going to do much for that either.
With that said, your car will operate just fine without it.
Heat isn't a big deal, the underside of the hood has stuff to protect it.
I think the #1 reason is for decoration. Maybe airflow as #2.
It's not so good at dust since by that point any dust would be all over your engine and other parts under hood. Noise? It isn't going to do much for that either.
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My understanding was the cover helps airflow by directing the air over the components under it, and then out toward the fender vents where hot air can flow back out. However if you're just sitting in traffic and not moving, it probably helps to cook your engine bay a bit more...
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