painting timingbelt cover

[JordanVw at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/8/00 9:15:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bg20300 at binghamton.edu writes:

<< Hey all.. my timingbelt cover is real nasty (all the black paint is gone
 :).. Anyways, i have now tried twice to paint it and both times it looked
 really nice but within a week had pitted and within a month was back to
 looking nasty...
 
 I am using the black paint that i got from autozone which is supposed to
 be heat resistant.
 
 Also, on the second try I tried getting rid of the old paint (over cleaner
 pulled it right off!) .. but still no better...
  >>

you can't paint over grease/oil...... clean it first with solvent/wire brush. 
   use VHT engine block paint..i use that stuff to paint exhaust systems, it 
stays on..
chris