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Originally Posted by nglitz
Greg,
How do you keep the exhaust manifolds so nice & white? I read they are originally porcelain coated?? Mine are thoroughly browned after 215,000 miles.
Maybe a little white high temp spray paint? POR 15 or another brush-on paint?? I suppose removing them, blasting & "jet hot" coating would be the best way, but I'm not ready to put that much into just a color change.
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I don't do anything with them! It may have something to do with the fact that the 300TE has only travelled about 184,000km (115,000 mi) in its 14 years, although I have seen others that have done even less work that are not as white. I can even remember noticing that I had left greasy hand prints on them after replacing the head gasket. Even this burned off back to the original white finish the first time I ran the engine. The manifold on the 190E is not as white but then it has travelled 226,000km in its 14 years.
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107.023: 350SLC, 3-speed auto, icon gold, parchment MBtex (sold 2012 after 29 years ownership).
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124.090: 300TE, 4-speed auto, arctic white, cream-beige MBtex.
201.028: 190E 2.3 Sportline, 5-speed manual, arctic white, blue leather.
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