painting timingbelt cover

[Robinson, Michael/SJC]

I used "Chevy Engine Block Red" High Temp Paint which I bought at an auto
parts store.  It was like 2 bucks for the spray bottle.  I pulled the valve
cover and the T-belt cover to paint.  What I did too clean them might have
been the key.  I used Brake Fluid and a rag and that sure cleaned it up.
Then I sprayed a few layers.  I reinstalled the covers and was amazed at how
close the Chevy color is to my Red.  There has been no paint deteriation and
that was nearly 2 years ago.  The covers are dirty from oil and stuff, but
the paint claimed to not be affected by that, and whenever i clean them, the
paint looks fine.  In my opinion, this is the best thing to do cause it only
cost me about 2 bucks and an hour of labor to do.

Mike Robinson
88 90 quattro

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Hmmm .. I've had really good luck with the "high heat" paint on my covers
... it seems to have a similar finish to the factory paint as well.  I'm
thinking that you may be suffering from one of two problems: 1 - have you
had the part thoroughly cleaned before painting?  I had mine bead blasted. 2
- perhaps the formulation of the paint has changed over the years to meet
the low volatile organic chemicals requirements ...

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
> 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.
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