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Mine has oil that seems to keep leaking out on various parts no matter what I do to prevent it. I'd be ecstatic if I could keep mine looking as good as yours does, Beige.
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Holy Moly, do you ever drive that car?!
Very nice.
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Yes, I drive it daily. Thanks, yes it has its fair share of oil leaks. But the valve cover has not been polished in any way, just cleaned nicely. In fact when I took it out before, I cleaned it inside out and actually waxed it. Now that I read about cleaning it and then waxing it as a good protective measure I'm glad I did so.
Matthew, that part has ridges on the paint, it's the shadow... Whenever I do something, as Jeremy mentioned, I clean it before reinstalling. That way I cover the car bit by bit. I do need to clean up the oil leak once in a while, the underside is not the best place to stay especially when doing engine mounts and the like
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I'm catching up Jeremy
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Aahhh, did you swap your fuel and oil caps?
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Nope. jt20 sent me an OEL cap along with my new US Spec turn signal bulb sockets.
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This is one of the "hidden" advantages to doing your own maintenance. Every time you have the cover off to adjust the valves, you polish the cover. Doesn't take a lot of effort and every time it gets a little better.
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Oh, sweet! I didn't see the Oel on it. And you're got front running lights now too. Nice.
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All this polishing seems like so much work. I have too many cars to polish as it is, so the corroded and yucky valve cover that sits atop my engine is getting a frosted finish in the media blast cabinet at some point. I may even get ambitious and follow it up with a clear powder coat finish, so that I never have to touch it again.
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I hope there's a blockage in that vacuum line going to the EGR
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how much would someone on the forums pay to have a valve cover polished and then shipped to them?
I have started a small polish buisiness and I too have polished my valve cover. If any one wants I can see about scooping one from a junk yard and shining it up and clear coating it with high heat clear coat.
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I'm another step closer Jeremy. You're right, the turbo looks nicer without the clutter.
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I have worked out a fairly good procedure for polishing up aluminum. First try 600, if its not enough, try 400, and so on until you are removing all of the valleys and imperfections out of the surface. When I did mine I took a file and got rid of most of the weld marks around the wavy side of my valve cover so I went all the way down to 150 grit. From there It was 150, 220, 320, 400, 600, 800. when moving from one grit to the next sand 90 degrees from the prior grit, then you can see if you are actually removing the scratches left by the last grit.
Once you get up to 800 or so, it is time to break out the buffing wheels and use compounds. First get a sewn wheel and use emery compound on it, this should remove scratches from 600 to 800. After that wash the part!! and get a clean wheel and use tripoly on it, sewn or un-sewn it is up to you on the tripoly. This will remove the scratches left by the emery. Then wash the part. Then get a clean un-sewn wheel and use white rouge to finish it all up. This will leave you with a mirror shine. and it you took proper time and care to do all of the sanding right, the it will come out looking like chrome. Any questions?
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