inside rocker cover

[bangers]

i have a rocker cover i'm sending off for either polishing or powder coating. but inside is a metal insert thats welded in, sort of like a windage tray. does anyone know if its normal? also i suppose sanblasting is now out of the question now as sand particles will get stuck in there even after hosing so may get into oil causing dramas, would this be correct?

[mag]

i have a rocker cover i'm sending off for either polishing or powder coating. but inside is a metal insert thats welded in, sort of like a windage tray. does anyone know if its normal? also i suppose sanblasting is now out of the question now as sand particles will get stuck in there even after hosing so may get into oil causing dramas, would this be correct?

That metal bit is called a baffle and stops drops of oil getting sucked in..

As 4 sand blasting, clean with comp/air and wash, wash, wash..

[ucwepn]

a couple of grains of sand will not kill your engine but you should still clean it all out about 50 times before putting it on the car. There are small metal fragments inside your engine right now floating about until the filter attemps to pick them up.All engines have metal fragments floating around them.

[bangers]

cool cool. i didn't really want the thing polished like everyone else. i though the rocker cover and timing cover powder coated gun metal colour on a black block would look tidy. with a few other bits in chrome and aluminium would look nice.

[Bax]

You can soak it in degreaser, but thats about as far as I'd take it. Paint stripper/ sandblast the top later and away you go.

Post up pics when your done, mine should be done soon.

[dan_man31]

yeah i hand sanded mine got carby spray and sprayed the cover with that took off the paint really well then lots and lots of sanding came up really nice just used a really heavy cutting paste with the buffer in between sands it came up sweet then hit it with some autosol from supercheap or repco took all up a day's work definetly worth it though but yeah pressure cleaned it and things like that as well. here is some pics

[bangers]

yeah i don't mind the polished look but i think i'll go with gun metal powder coat with the timing covers the same. it shoiuld look good on a black block.

[VL Berlina 5speed]

so do the covers just unscrew off easy, nothing much else to remove to get access?
might look into getn a secnd hand 1 from the wreakers and get it sand blasted by my dad at work, then paint it at work my self

[Bax]

Yeah just take off your inlet piping, the black plastic piece and disconnect the other bits, there are rubber seals that are under the screws with washers, put them aside. Also a rubber gasket that sits in a channel beneath the cover. Make sure it is still intact and not perished.

Then take off. Easy as really