What do you guys typically do to wash the red valve cover? I noticed that dirt and grease doesn't come off easily. Mine's pretty clean, but I'm just picky. Is there a certain kind of soap that works well?

Also, does anyone know if a touch up paint if available?

Thanks.

 

Simple Green

 

make sure u dont hose off the cover when its hot
my old b16 cover paint chipped off

 

Thank you.

 

 

Simple green and scotch brite pads on the tuff stuff.

Scotch brite is the green stuff on the back of dish sponges.

 

eric, you got a GZE in your AE102?! thats hot! that was going to be my project but fell through. im still contemplating though.... could you send me some pictures? i'd love to see that.
hmm, i remember you from toy-mods, come to think of it...

 

Wouldn't that scrub the paint off?

I find simple green powerful enough to just use a normal cloth even on the toughest oil stains. Speaking of which, there is always oil stains by my oil cap...is my oil cap seal defective or is this normal?

I just have the normal OEM plastic oil cap (for now).

 

yeah, simple green works really well w/o harming the paint. I use a regular 2-3" house paint brush to get into all the nooks and crannys to work the simple green around. scotch brite sounds a bit harsh. rinse off with cold tap water. like new

 

Hey Parker, I think I remember you too. I have some pics up on our club site, but that's down for the week as we're trying to find a new server. If you email me at eric.lee@gm.com then I can tell you more about it!!

And guys, thanks for the suggestions. My Corolla 4AGZE valve cover has no paint, so a little scrubbing and polishing does the trick. I honestly don't know as much about the ITR because I have a Toyota background...I need all the help I can get.

 

whats simple green?
where can i get it?

 

any hardware store or auto parts store should have it. it's a cleaning agent like 409 or mr.clean.


[Modified by kkim, 7:54 PM 10/23/2002]

 

I used scotch brite on my entire valve cover because simple green wasnt enough to take the deep staining out. The scotch brite does take a smidgen of red off of the surface, but the stuff is pretty thick and it would take a long time to sand all the way to bare metal.

This is the result after simple green AND scotch brite. you be the judge



And by the way, simple green and scotch brite work ******* wonders on the block and anything cast.


[Modified by tonyxcom, 7:42 AM 10/24/2002]

 

damn thats clean.

 

And that motor had 30k miles on it before the rebuild. Scotch brite dont mess around.

 

Use Simple Green on the valve cover, and Gunk FOAMING engine cleaner for the engine bay, works wonders, my firewall is cleaner than my car

 

dayam..that's like spotless yo

 

wow tony...that is clean

i bet you'd get an extra grand for that engine off ebay just because its that 'bright and shiny'

 

Wow...... I am jealous!

I use simple green, scotch pad, and the ever important toothbrush.

 

......

 

Damn that motor is friggin clean, even cleaner than my brand new motor from Acura out of the box!!!

So Simple Green it is. I'm going to try it as soon as I get home from work!!!

Thanks guys!!

 

That **** is clean.. I'm going to wash the whole engine bay after I get my car out of the shop.....

 

wow.
-c-l- to the EEEEEEEEEEEEEN

 

simple green works every time....

 

Simple green works good but it leaves a white residue all over the cover, it kinda looks like its dry and needs lotion so I threw some amor all on the valve cover, is that good for it? I'm sure it'll just burn off anyway.



Screw cleaning, just buy a new one.


[Modified by skafia.com, 10:10 AM 10/24/2002]


[Modified by skafia.com, 10:10 AM 10/24/2002]