So I have a 2002 626 ES with the 2.5 V6 and the throttle body is leaking. I took it off to find the gasket disintegrating between the flanges. Autozone and Autopartswarehouse.com and NAPA all have the oval gasket (left) for the '02 626 2.5 V6. Problem is, the gasket on the right is the one that came off the car. It's nowhere near the right shape or size, it bunches in the flange when I torque the bolts down and leaks air when I start the motor. Notice it looks a lot like the 2.0 I4 gasket, but not quite. I've looked all over the net trying to figure out what the deal is. Someone please let me know what gasket (from what year or model) I need. This is blowing my mind.

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So the oval shaped gasket is an over generalization for the 93-96 Probe/626. There's a generation difference between 93-96 and 97-02 that apparently the autoparts stores are unaware of. Moral of the story is when in doubt go to the dealer.