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Review on High-Performance MAHLE Original VS50135 Gasket: Unmatched Quality and Reliability by Stuart Sugden

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1996 Miata, fits well and does not leak. Remember.

Miata 1996, fits well and does not leak. Be sure to use silicone on each side of the camshaft cover angle on all four cones. UPDATE > Less than a year old, installed on the car and it's sweating in multiple places and leaking in 2 places. I checked the bolts with a dynamometer and they are still tight. Also, I used proprietary (don't you remember Permatex?) high temperature silicone and it doesn't leak out of the corners where you would normally put Miata silicone such poor sealant. A little annoyed, Mahle has been kind to me over the years, particularly with their oil filters on Volvos (they're an OEM supplier, well, at least on 80's and 90's Volvos). Update 2: I've been busy and lazy and continued to ride for 10 months. . Eventually oil seeped into the spark plug wells and left the car on the freeway due to oil getting into the spark plug wells and shorting out the wires causing 2 cylinders to misfire.

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