Is it ok if i remove the engine plastic cover ? it's bugging me to take it off every time im checking or refilling the oil .? and if it's just there for the looks? i dont know that's why im asking you guys?

does it have some sort of purpose? like leading water away or making the engine warm up faster?

thanks up front

NB: i linket a pictuere of the cover im talking about if there should be any doubt's

 

Your engine will explode without it.

 

The cover is mostly for aesthetics, although there may be some slight airflow advantages to its use. You'll be fine without it, as is most everyone that uses an aftermarket CAI (where they must remove the cover for fitment reasons).

 

A lot of people take their's off with no problem..

I like the look of them and I believe they act as a heat shield to help keep your hood from getting too hot and maybe baking the paint.

 

youll be fine without it

 

Vented CF hood FTMFW!

 

You don't need to take the cover off to check the oil. Search for Nubo's excellent "Houdini dipstick maneuver" post.

If you take it off, save it to put back on the car when you sell it.

Ken

 

mazda voids the warranty if it's off for more than 6min and 38sec in a row....they have a timer/gps on it!

 

Ya my engine had to be replaced yesterday and the tech said it was because of the cover being removed, something about magnetic fields in it or something???

ps.. I'm just playing with you like others have said it has no real purpose except to look good.

 

With the cover on, you will gain about 10 lbs of tq but lost about 4-6 hp.

with it off, you get 7 hp but losing maybe 5 lbs of tq.

so its your choice.

 

^I'd take all the TQ I could get out of this torqueless monster!

 

what the?? 10lbs or torque?? seriously?...
: p

 

^yes seriously!

 

DO NOT REMOVE THE ENGINE COVER!!

It holds the rods and pistons together, without it, you'll float a piston or maybe even risk blowing a cylinder! I've done it before, the dealership told me that was the reason!

 

dumb thread

 

^way to crap on the OP's thread haha!!!!!

 

wow! i see great potential in these answers . anyway i made up my mind. ! thanks for the ones that was serious.. =)

 

cosmetic to hide the unpealing look of the engine to the average eye of most people...

as for Hidef1080 saying it might slowly burn the paint off the hood from the inside out, that sounds logical.

as for getting annoying from taking it off...it literaly takes 1 whole second. visversa, maybe a few times a month? lol

 

You car will be faster since it will weigh like 2lbs less.

 

Takes about 1lb of the overall weight of the vehicle.


Made me run .0000000001 second faster in the quarter mile

 

Might improve the mileage .0001 due to less weight as well.

 

Is there a DIY for engine cover removal?......

 

Someone should make one....I would but IDK how to remove it!....LMAO