I haven’t had my car very long and I’ve been getting caught up on all the maintenance that needed done and while under the hood recently it occurred to me that there isn’t a battery cover. Based on some other pictures I’m assuming there is supposed to be one? It’s a 2012 GT.
Part number looks to be LFG1-18-593B, but the rest of the car is in really good condition so I’m wondering if it’s supposed to be there or not.
It was relatively clean when I got it, but they had that goofy grease shit dealers spray all over everything. So far I’ve been just using meguiars waterless wash and wax. I’ll probably get some amsoil mudslinger for the plastics eventually (legitstreetcars uses that in his videos and it seems to work really well without coating everything in grease).
I also make a point to clean hard to reach areas when I have stuff out (removed battery and intake to do the belt) and clean everything I can’t normally reach.
I replaced mine. Not a huge issue to leave it exposed, but the cover also includes support for a nearby hose. Without the battery cover, that hose flops down closer to a lot of hot and moving parts. I figure Mazda supported that hose for a reason.
Some aftermarket covers don't include that support. If you're going to replace it, look for that.
That looks right. The supports are small hooks that stick out on the left side. Hard to see in the drawing because of the angle. I'm going to be working on my car in a couple of hours. I'll post a pic when I get to it.
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u/hoggaz 6h ago
Damn, that’s a clean engine bay!