spents all day taking things apart under the bonnet today. i wanted to put a new rocker/cam cover gasket on as it was leaking oil everywhere.
the cover was missing 2 bolts which i replaced 2 days ago. by the time i took the the cover off and stripped it all down i looked under my truck and noticed it wasnt leaking anymore? no more drips on the floor which is what i was acustomed to by now. it seemed the 2 bolts missing were the cause of it. i knew 1 bolt was causing the leak but i thought i had another leak somewhere at the back where i couldnt see.
took the gasket out and it looked brand new. nothing wrong with it at all!
oh well you live and learn. still had fun taking bits apart as one would
i was also planning on respraying some of the bits i took off whilst they were out.
spent ages cleaning the intake pipe (big silver pipe going over he engine), the air box and all the ducting that goes accross and down to the engine. and some other little pipe.
anyway (lol) the paint i used was a high temp paint from Halfords and i didnt realise the paint was a "matt" finish! i was hoping to get a nice new shiny finish but erm.....no.
i resprayed the silver intake pipe in "aluminum" which now doesnt even look like a metal! haha it looked better just when i cleaned it down
i then sprayed the air box and ducting in a high temp red. also in a matt finish.
all i can say is......it looks RUBBISH!! i have ruined my engine bay!
i was going to spray the rocker cover in the same red but now i just want to cry!
i think ill just order some new bits and bob from toyota and go for the "new" look as apposed to the chav look lol.
dont ask for pics! lol
NOTE: is rust on the cam shaft a bad sign??? or no biggie??
the cover was missing 2 bolts which i replaced 2 days ago. by the time i took the the cover off and stripped it all down i looked under my truck and noticed it wasnt leaking anymore? no more drips on the floor which is what i was acustomed to by now. it seemed the 2 bolts missing were the cause of it. i knew 1 bolt was causing the leak but i thought i had another leak somewhere at the back where i couldnt see.
took the gasket out and it looked brand new. nothing wrong with it at all!
oh well you live and learn. still had fun taking bits apart as one would
i was also planning on respraying some of the bits i took off whilst they were out.
spent ages cleaning the intake pipe (big silver pipe going over he engine), the air box and all the ducting that goes accross and down to the engine. and some other little pipe.
anyway (lol) the paint i used was a high temp paint from Halfords and i didnt realise the paint was a "matt" finish! i was hoping to get a nice new shiny finish but erm.....no.
i resprayed the silver intake pipe in "aluminum" which now doesnt even look like a metal! haha it looked better just when i cleaned it down
i then sprayed the air box and ducting in a high temp red. also in a matt finish.
all i can say is......it looks RUBBISH!! i have ruined my engine bay!
i was going to spray the rocker cover in the same red but now i just want to cry!
i think ill just order some new bits and bob from toyota and go for the "new" look as apposed to the chav look lol.
dont ask for pics! lol
NOTE: is rust on the cam shaft a bad sign??? or no biggie??
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