Painting my valve cover
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08-10-2009, 12:47 AM
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Painting my valve cover
This 850 I will be putting lots of time into making the underhood look great.
That means, countless hours of detail and stuff.
Now, I want to paint the valve cover wrinkle coat black, followed by painting the spark plug cover white.
How hard is it to get the valve cover off?
Local parts stores can't get in a gasket. Does it use a chemical gasket like the oil pan?
Is this a huge PITA? Or would I be better off masking the outside of the engine and doing the visible parts of the valve cover black?
That means, countless hours of detail and stuff.
Now, I want to paint the valve cover wrinkle coat black, followed by painting the spark plug cover white.
How hard is it to get the valve cover off?
Local parts stores can't get in a gasket. Does it use a chemical gasket like the oil pan?
Is this a huge PITA? Or would I be better off masking the outside of the engine and doing the visible parts of the valve cover black?
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08-10-2009, 09:30 AM
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08-10-2009, 07:46 PM
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I use a 6.99 gasket maker with a high temp rating and sensor safe. I counted like 40 bolts to take off...DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN THE BOLTS...I HAD TO TAP THE DAMN HEAD AND FIT ANOTHER BOLT NOW...
I got it down to 40 minutes
I get a sandwich bag and label it : valve cover 40 count.
another for fuel line clip/bolt
and so on, all bags with the number of bolts.
Need a ten mil socket a long one is better, but have your small one for the bolts above the cam sensor.
I got it down to 40 minutes
I get a sandwich bag and label it : valve cover 40 count.
another for fuel line clip/bolt
and so on, all bags with the number of bolts.
Need a ten mil socket a long one is better, but have your small one for the bolts above the cam sensor.
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New to the forum and to Volvos (sort of)...
I painted the valve cover on my BMW with wrinkle paint and it came out great. I used Krylon black wrinkle paint and it still looks perfect after 2+ years. I would not recommend using VHT wrinkle paint as the cure time is just too long. The more I read about wrinkle paint, the better I think it is in general. So don't be afraid to use Krylon.
I painted the valve cover on my BMW with wrinkle paint and it came out great. I used Krylon black wrinkle paint and it still looks perfect after 2+ years. I would not recommend using VHT wrinkle paint as the cure time is just too long. The more I read about wrinkle paint, the better I think it is in general. So don't be afraid to use Krylon.
