The Mazda Protege Valve Cover Gasket ensures that engine oil remains contained within the top of the engine, ensuring that the cams are not damaged and also eliminates any form of leakage. Constructed of heat-tolerant rubber that bends with each cold opening and highway expansion, this gasket keeps dirt and moisture out of the close-tolerance machined aluminum cover and head, which can score moving parts. Due to its design to fit Mazda compact engines, the Valve Cover Gasket is easy to fit without any trimming, another trait of the brand being to over-engineer components to achieve high performance. It is adaptable to several generations of Protege, starting with 1.8-liter SOHCs and then the 2.0-liter ES sedan, and even the Mazdaspeed turbocharged variant, meaning that the one proven design can be applied in efficiency-tuned engines or in more spirited performance. The Valve Cover Gasket helps maintain adequate lubrication pressure by preventing oil leaks, allowing each cylinder to fire efficiently and the spark plug wells to remain free of sticky residue, which is not only a significant fuel economy enhancement but also a significant asset to safety since spilled oil in the area of hot exhaust parts is no minor matter. Compared to the plain cork seals of a few decades ago, the new version is molded with rubber ribs that are tight without becoming brittle after so many heat cycles, a property that helps to lower maintenance cost and downtime. Drivers like the fact that it takes them only a few seconds to replace this part to regain that factory-fresh feel so that the responsive Mazda throttle can be kept sharp on the daily commuting to the office or running canyons on the weekend. The factory torque spec is also supported by the gasket being a close fit and therefore the bolts are clamped in place without any vibration pushing the seal off, and this once again serves to extend the durability feature of this brand in the compact car segment. Having such reliable performance built in, Protege fans consider this small element a silent hero that helps the sedan to gain its long-term popularity, and owners also feel that Mazda quality is as high in the case of the plain model as it is in the bigger models.
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