engine detailing

[silversideofthemoon]

want to paint my engine up to tidy it up ,manifold was easy with the high temp black but unlike my 325i i had 2 yr ago when i tried painting the rocker cover or is it the air plenum on top silver 6 branch part the paint isnt taking to it like it has a coating of some sort on it but it looks tired and in a off goldy yellow colour is there any way of removing this coating ??? any help would be nice thanks ................

[bobbin1982]

i used a copper wire brush on mine... came up silver again

[poolnoodle]

Like any painting exercise, it's all in the preparation. Make sure the surface is free of any grease, oil, wax, etc using a wire brush (as bobbin1982 mentions) and clean all surfaces carefully with appropriate thinners / painting prep fluid

[silversideofthemoon]

new parts on order sand blasted should be cleaner lookin ....................

[bhaza]

Hi I used wired wooll and alot of elbow power and came up nice..

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[snakebrain]

It's wax that was used to seal the engine in the factory. Oddly enough, buyers of ultra-low miles E34s and the like like to see a bit of yellow gunk in there...

[pukar]

its called cosmolene and is a PITA to get off with normal products...