I'm painting my valve cover

N2HIFI · Post by **N2HIFI** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:44 am

degreaser helps alot also, somthing foaming or like simplegreen, then start tucking all the wires

chris

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:54 am

I wouldn't paint anything else under the hood besides the valve cover. I painted the fuse box, resivor (sp?) caps, PS cap, dip stick, valve cover, raditor cap, and overflow cap on the fo do. I then regreted doing it a week later. It took me forever to get the paint off and find replacement parts.

Post by **stolle** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:59 am

HondaChild;17980 wrote:Yes I know I need to clean it. How would I go about doing that just soap and water?

i have had some luck with gunk foamy engine bright, about $2 per can spray it on let it sit and rinse it off. you have to scrub some spots and be careful not to get water in some areas but it works.

stlmadpanda · Post by **stlmadpanda** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:01 am

oven cleaner works for the real bad spots but be real careful. that stuff is ruthless.

HondaChild · Post by **HondaChild** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:36 pm

Thanks for the tips guys. I will be sure to clean it out when ever it warms up outside.