Subject	Re: Valve covers can be tricky.
Posted by	tacozzz on May 13, 2013 at 2:18 AM
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In Reply To	Re: Re: Re: Valve covers can be tricky. posted by Gixxer on May 13, 2013 at 02:11 AM
Message	Yea I precook (outgas) all my parts. But awhile back I did a mitsubishi 4g63 cover. This engine must have went 50,000 miles without an oil change or something. There was like a quarter inch of hard black funk on the bottom of the valve cover. I sanblasted it, but couldn't get underneath the baffle. So I did prebake it, but all the crap that was left underneath the baffle smoked me out of the shop. On top of that, the funk melted and started on fire in my oven. After that I just started grinding of the baffles, sandblasting everything, then welding on new ones. Probably more work than what its worth. I just don't want to have to replace someone motor because of sand left underneath the baffle. But I also don't want to get smoked out and have my shop start on fire.
Follow Ups	when powder coating - Nis300owner 01:10:49 05/13/13 Mine didnt melt when they were powder coated (n/m) - sdhsbaseball 01:32:50 05/13/13 Valve covers can be tricky. - tacozzz 01:51:02 05/13/13 Re: Valve covers can be tricky. - Gixxer 02:08:04 05/13/13 Re: Re: Valve covers can be tricky. - tacozzz 02:09:28 05/13/13 Re: Re: Re: Valve covers can be tricky. - Gixxer 02:11:14 05/13/13 Re: Valve covers can be tricky. - tacozzz 02:18:47 05/13/13 Re: Valve covers can be tricky. - tacozzz 02:21:41 05/13/13 Re: Re: Valve covers can be tricky. - Gixxer 03:07:36 05/13/13 You can drill out the rivets instead of grinding them off.. - AHos(Chicago) 09:43:02 05/13/13 Re: You can drill out the rivets instead of grinding them off.. - wild_maxx 16:41:18 05/13/13 Re: Re: You can drill out the rivets instead of grinding them off.. - AHos(Chicago) 20:38:27 05/13/13 They are brittle before baking them for powdercoating. (n/m) - Woody75 (Denver) 09:55:55 05/13/13 seconded (n/m) - gizmo 10:59:00 05/13/13 They're sitting above your cams, and engines get hot. - TriniTT 06:37:43 05/13/13 Re: They're sitting above your cams, and engines get hot. - tacozzz 08:12:12 05/13/13 Look it up buddy, I'm tired of walking people through life. (n/m) - TriniTT 09:27:49 05/13/13 How many people have you walked through life? (n/m) - dpjax 09:38:45 05/13/13 Gee I couldn't tell ya. - TriniTT 10:25:40 05/13/13 Oh, the dog barks when he's backed up in a corner! - dpjax 15:13:55 05/13/13 Re: Look it up buddy, I'm tired of walking people through life. - tacozzz 12:01:50 05/13/13 They will be fine. (n/m) - Woody75 (Denver) 09:51:58 05/13/13 I've had 4 sets done, no problems (n/m) - vorpalZ 11:06:33 05/13/13 It's been a while but this is what I remember... - Nick@IST 18:58:18 05/13/13 I have had 8 sets done and they're all fine. (n/m) - John (MD) 20:26:59 05/14/13
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