Oil on valve cover, problem solved and pics!

[Nissan-S14]

Well I have replaced the vallve cover gasket, and cleaned the valve cover as, 1 st step was to prime, But did not get a chance to painted black yet.

This is before pics.







Now these are aftermath pics.

[ILikeMy240sx]

LOL did put the primer on with the valve cover still on the engine?

[Nissan-S14]

Yea the engine is very dirty, and im going to paint and polish most of the parts little at a time, so i figure why not.

[Bruno240]

yeah but now the little ring around the spark plugs is going to be unpainted underneath. the rign that will be under the oil cap. and now you have overspray over all your wires

[Nissan-S14]

Ehhh, I dont know, doesnt bother me. The way I see as long as it looks some what clean its ok with me. Not really a show car. and at the end my long term plan is the SR swap.

[240DRFT]

you should take it off when you paint it black. what kind of black r u gonna paint it? a glossy or flat? post those pics when your done with that.

[skydragoness]

Even if its not a show car, the valvecover looks like you just don't care; esp. since you went through the trouble of taking it off to do the gasket. Would've been a fine time to prime it when it was off the car.

[240marcuSX]

[95nismo240]

not a good idea to have primer on ur wires. plus its so much easier to paint the cover when its off.

[240marcuSX]

just so you know man, we're not attacking you, be sure to post up pics when you finish it.

youll have to get new wires eventually anyway,

[Nissan-S14]

just so you know man, we're not attacking you, be sure to post up pics when you finish it.

youll have to get new wires eventually anyway,

Its ok, I dont mind, its just that I didnt have the paint when i changed the gasket. And I really dont want to take it off again. Im going to paint it flat black.

[Mixmastamunkh]

well be sure to take the cover off when you paint it, or else it'll just be laughable. like painting brake calipers when they're on the rotors...

[Silvia007]

Did you spray right on top of the oil too? Just checking...

[Nissan-S14]

Did you spray right on top of the oil too? Just checking...

No there was no more oil, I sand it down. But some stains were unsandable.

[[s3]]

Thats the best half-a55ed job i've ever seen.

Why stop at the valve cover? Just primer the whole engine bay.

[NismoRb20S13]

hahaha, noooooo

[Nissan-S14]

lol i thought about it. just spray paint the whole engine bay with primer!!! Would look neat.

J/K

[DammitBobby]

I think I just wet in my pants Dam I am crying and laughing so hard it hurts!!

[HashiriyaS14]

Yikes.

Now that's quality workmanship, lol.

Please don't ever come near my car.

[Nissan-S14]

Anyone needs a paintjob??? I wont charge that much!

[amolao]

[koukiKA240]

[Fergus]

I'd take the oil/dirt buildup over the "lets pait with a blindfold on" look.

[Nissan-S14]

I dont know guys..... I guess we have different views on things. I see most (well like 75-80%) people here with very nice and clean looking 240's. And I gotta say (sometimes I wonder, how do you guys manage that) I mean after 2 years of drifting, my car has so many scratches and dents. That If I wanted to maintain a nice body shape, i would seriously have to go straight to the body shop, everytime I drift. So, the way I see it, a little overspray sure beats the hell out of the cone dents on my fenders, or rocks flying at my bumper. After a while you just stop worrying about little scratches and worry about performace more. But hey thats just me, and I see your point too guys, and im not taking it offensively or anything. Its just im more worried about my suspension that im about to comepltly redo worth about 2k. So you know the valve cover isnt my #1 problem. But i was bored and had prime spray paint. I was like a kid with a new toy.

[Nissan-S14]

Just wait until I get my hands on the Black Spray paint, maybe ill do my whole car!!

J/K..............

lol

[Luke]

At least masking tape could've been a good friend.

[Nissan-S14]

At least masking tape could've been a good friend.

Yea im going to do that when I do the black paint. Plus ill try to fix the overspray a little.

[amolao]