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9th October 2006, 10:30
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Cleaning the engine bay
Whats the best way to go about doing this, just wanna tidy it up a bit and paint the rocker cover and msainfold cover. whats the best way to clean and sand it first?
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9th October 2006, 13:14
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Wen I paid for a steam clean they basically used a spray of suds and then used a power waasher while the engine was hot you could probably do this as long as you protect the electrics
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9th October 2006, 13:32
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go to the polished bliss website.
Click guides
Click Engine
This will give you a step by step guide of how to clean it.
Then to do the rocker cover, sand it prime it spray it. But pretty sure you will need heat resistant paint.
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9th October 2006, 17:35
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Quote:
Originally Posted by barrett
go to the polished bliss website.
Click guides
Click Engine
This will give you a step by step guide of how to clean it.
Then to do the rocker cover, sand it prime it spray it. But pretty sure you will need heat resistant paint.
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dont need heat resistant paint for your rocker cover!
done mine 6 month ago and its still perfect!
if you want to do your manifold heat shield then you would use heat resistant paint.
Also check out THIS THREAD from last week
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9th October 2006, 18:44
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exactly which bits do you need to cover? and what with?
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9th October 2006, 20:13
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Spark plugs, Coil Pack, Fuses
i think thats right
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9th October 2006, 20:30
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and battery
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9th October 2006, 20:32
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yeh major crappo if u get water on the electric bits, best of luck matey, post pics of your work.
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13th October 2006, 16:11
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you forgetting the ecu or dosent that need to be covered lmao
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13th October 2006, 16:49
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ecu already has a cover on
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13th October 2006, 17:05
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a crappy flappy plastic 1, if your sprayin it with a hose id cover undeneath the cover too
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