Valve Cover Gasket May Fail and Leak Oil onto Spark Plug Wires on Mazda MX-5 Miata
Problem overview
Failure of the valve cover gasket can allow engine oil to leak onto the spark plug wires and damage them. The engine will run poorly (misfire) if the spark plug wires fail.
19 people reported this problem
4 commentsMazda MX-5 Miata vehicles with this problem
10 model years affected
Average mileage: 140,857 miles
(18,000 - 240,000)
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