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Hello 180 Glad to see you are well, Had not saw many notes for a while so I thought I would wake you up??. Happy New Year to you. Glad I woke you up on one of your good days. Take care see you soon. Lorne
Dave,
No change or improvement on plenums. Valve covers ? Anywhere ?
Tim
No improvement at all, removal of the corrosion marks needs strong chemicals or mechanical cleaning like a fine grit sand blasting or emery cloth or similar. Followed by a clearcoat to retard new oxidation, I say retard because a little nick in the clear coat will allow oxidation to start there.
Mine are just small dots, they bug me but I guess it is painting them or leaving them as they are.
The price you pay for living where salt is used on the roads.
I have a 1989 Probe that I bought new and had for 20 years without a hint of rust or corrosion.
One week long trip to Dayton, Ohio in Feb 2009 saw to that.
I even stopped at a spray off car wash on the way home and hosed 'er down real good, to no avail.
Now the engine looks like crap and I can't clean it up.
The price you pay for living where salt is used on the roads.
I have a 1989 Probe that I bought new and had for 20 years without a hint of rust or corrosion.
One week long trip to Dayton, Ohio in Feb 2009 saw to that.
I even stopped at a spray off car wash on the way home and hosed 'er down real good, to no avail.
Now the engine looks like crap and I can't clean it up.
Fortunately it only small dots, not even whitish to look at.
My car does not look like it was driven in salty conditions. Living by the ocean can also lead to corrosion, salt in the air settles on the car and attracts water.
Last edited by onehundred80; Mar 3, 2017 at 09:02 AM.
Firtunately it only small dots, not even whitish to look at.
My car does not look like it was driven in salty conditions. Living by the ocean can also lead to corrosion, salt in the air settles on the car and attracts water.
ive tried everything and nothing brought back the shine. If you want it to look like new, paint it.
I combined using a wire wheel/brush followed up with spraying hot shine tire spray and the result was excellent. Thanks to all for the good advice! The wire brushing definitely is a prerequisite !
Last edited by copperfieldkid; Jul 11, 2017 at 12:30 PM.
Clean the parts with something like Simple green, then paint them with this using small foam brush and a small art brush. Make sure and keep it stirred when using, it has aluminum shavings suspended in a binding agent. You can paint all of your aluminum parts with it. Guaranteed results every time. In a year it will still look this good, it two years, three years, etc. I then masked off the letters and used an electric sander and brought the letters back to a brushed aluminum look.
Re: Clean Aluminum engine parts
