Re: 89 200 tqw owner's manual

["Stephen Bigelow" <sbigelow@sprint.ca>]

I removed my timing cover, and gave it a coat of paint. (In the bathtub,
..er... "apartment dwellers paintbooth") White, to match the valve cover,
and distributer static shield. Brightens things up nicely underhood.




>>A ton of things on this car are *rusty*, like the timing chain cover,
>>the underhood battery terminal, numerous door latch hooks (like the one
>>in the trunk. This will get cleaned, but is this normal?
>>
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>
>    Sounds like a "northern" car, Samir. This is common in areas where lots
>of road salt is used. The front end of the engine is particularly exposed
to
>salt spray, hence the rusted timing belt cover and the battery jumper
>terminal. I just did an oil change on my '91 200q, and the front of the
>engine is white with road salt from a winter's worth of driving.
>
>HTH
>
>Fred Munro
>'91 200q  270k km
>