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Re: Mazda exhaust valves
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 7/14/2023

A very common root cause of poppet valve failure is simple overheat. The overheat, meaning the valve itself could not transfer it's heat into the guide and seat, leads to metal oxidation.

The fun begins when trying to determine why the overheating happened o... Login to read more.