Is painting the valve cover ricey?
- Thread starter Monkeyballs
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How many miles have you got on it ? I am past 63,000 now and it makes me a bit nervous to try to reuse the original. Also, the donor one that I got doesn't have the gaskets/covers/whatever you want to call them on the inside covering where the PCV comes thru and whatnot. I was told that a new gasket kit has both of these pieces included........
RaiderMP5 said:
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- 2011 Mustang GT
Yaggie1 said:
I reused my gasket when I did mine, but I did get paint on the PCV valve gasket,but it hasnt seemed to cause any problems....yet.
I pulled the old PCV gasket off of my valve cover, as well as the rubber part and moved them to the new vavle cover. I have $43,600 miles on my car, and no problems. I too was skeptical, but have heard of other guys reusing theirs. Of course, I am in FL, so no snow, salt, etc.
Are you guys talking about the little rubber o-ring that the PCV goes into ? I am talking about the ones on the inside of the valve cover. Check out the pic attached. It shows where my donor valve cover is missing some stuff. You can see the leftover gasket material on there. But, there are metal plates that cover these voids.
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I got mine powdercoated smoked chrome last fall, and absolutely love it. Subtle, but it stands out. My only problem is that I now want to do the whole damn engine, haha.
http://www.msprotege.com/members/MyZmZm/Engine%20Bay%20-%20After1.jpg
http://www.msprotege.com/members/MyZmZm/Engine%20Bay%20-%20After1.jpg
mountjonas
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- 2013 VRM MS3
^^^ holy s***. that looks nice!
That's the first ever painted valve cover I've seen that I really like. Besides that, my personal preference is the plastic covers that come with MSPs and MP3s (or the DGM CF one but that's effing pricey).MyZmZm said:
But no, I wouldn't call any well-done valve cover rice.
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- 2003 Black Mica MazdaSpeed Protege
MyZmZm said:
That looks great!
At one point I had..cleaned it up quite a bit..I used to be very anal about the car..after 5 years..the novelty has worn off a little. It was a combination of spray and brush (there were no brush marks)..not high temp..
The only clean part of the car these days is the interior..
The only clean part of the car these days is the interior..
rednecks_r_us
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- 2003 Laser Blue Protege5
I'm painting mine. Infact its at the shop with my car. Its going to be the same custom paint that I had mixed up. Dark black with a slight blue mica. It will match my hood and the leters will be polished then cleared.
worldglider
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- Mazda Protege5 2002 Red 5sp Sunroof
Any suggestions on what paint to use for the headers? There are a number of "high-heat" paint options at AutoZone, from engine block proof to break caliper proof. All have similar heat zones. I painted the headers on my Honda years ago and ended up with a smoking engine as the paint litterally burned off. I used that so-called "high-heat" paint, followed directions and all. It lasted about 5min at idol speed. GRRR!
As in all design stuff, I should probably test a small corner and see what happens.
As in all design stuff, I should probably test a small corner and see what happens.
gottacatchup
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- 2003 MP5
Uhh I don't think any paint will hold up on headers. Your only option is to get it powdercoated.
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- 2016 GT ST 47A
Or jet-hot coated.
