Repainting valve cover. New gasket required?
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Purely tour choice to even mess with it.
There a hundreds of comments on here, and elsewhere, regarding that vey task. The Magnesium Alloy is the issue apparently. Many have done it, some have lasted, most have not. I will stop there.
I left mine alone, it was worse than that, but I lived with it. The new owner is of the same thoughts.
A new Gasket, AND, spark plug tubes seals, would be a very smart thing to do.
There a hundreds of comments on here, and elsewhere, regarding that vey task. The Magnesium Alloy is the issue apparently. Many have done it, some have lasted, most have not. I will stop there.
I left mine alone, it was worse than that, but I lived with it. The new owner is of the same thoughts.
A new Gasket, AND, spark plug tubes seals, would be a very smart thing to do.
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Purely tour choice to even mess with it.
There a hundreds of comments on here, and elsewhere, regarding that vey task. The Magnesium Alloy is the issue apparently. Many have done it, some have lasted, most have not. I will stop there.
I left mine alone, it was worse than that, but I lived with it. The new owner is of the same thoughts.
A new Gasket, AND, spark plug tubes seals, would be a very smart thing to do.
There a hundreds of comments on here, and elsewhere, regarding that vey task. The Magnesium Alloy is the issue apparently. Many have done it, some have lasted, most have not. I will stop there.
I left mine alone, it was worse than that, but I lived with it. The new owner is of the same thoughts.
A new Gasket, AND, spark plug tubes seals, would be a very smart thing to do.
Usually it provides a bulletproof finish
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As Japthug said, the preperation is critical, and mine being the Daily Driver, I simply moved on from that bubbling thing. No effect on performance or reliability.
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Dupli Color also make a hi temp paint with ceramic in it, here is one link there arre slightly cheaper prices on ebay and there are other colors. Also try a self etching primer
DupliColor Universal Gold Engine Paint with CERAMIC
DupliColor Universal Gold Engine Paint with CERAMIC
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I've used the ceramic stuff numerous times on brake calipers and other projects, its awesome. It also has a really nice look to it, would be waaaay better than using a regular metallic silver type paint like from VHT. Again the corrosion resistance is really important though
as others said prep is important. use of self etching primer, 1 to 2 coats follow up with regular primer, again 1 to 2 light coats. the ceramic paint will be durable and should toughen up with engine heat and help with corrosion
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