Heres a Question.

[DarkKnight]

hehe, some of you might member when i got tru with my carb swap i had a bit of a problem with water and the intake and the fact that it kept on shooting up due to a uncaped pipe on it.

Anyways. now i have water stains on my pretty painted clear coated intake.

I was wondering what i might be able to use to get the stain off without having to re paint the whole thing or strip it?

Thanks mangs.

[P72Ford]

Unfortunately, you can't keep your intake mint forever. I painted mine with high temp clear, and it turned brown after my first test drive. If I had left it bare, it would be all oxidized now. I'd say the best bet is paint it high temp siler, and follow that with clear. But, even then, I might skip the clear...

Are the water stains a green/ rust residue? Have you tried a more aggressive soap? I would think that something more abrasive, such as lacquer thinner or acetone would do the trick, if you use it right. If you aren't careful those same solvents will wreck the paint on the intake.

Any chance you could touch up these spots that are bothering you?

Personally, I just let it go. I keep it clean, but it is all discolored. The chrome air cleaner lid draws attention away from it; the simple solution

[LTDMan83]

Use a more aggressive soap and scrubbing pad, if that doesn't take it off, then it is in the Clearcoat and will need to be wet-sanded out w/ 2000-2500gr and then Buffed to a shine. If that still doesn't do it, then it will need to be stripped back down to the base and re-painted if you want it to look right.


I painted my Intake with Duplicolor High Temp engine enamel (Gloss Black), I've since put over 20K on it with no discoloration, still looks the same as the day I painted it. The only maintenance it requires is wiping it down with a Rag every now and then.


I personally wouldn't clearcoat anything on the engine, as it isn't necessary when you are using a Ceramic based Enamel (like high temp engine enamel), and will for sure be the Layer that fails and discolors the fastest.


If you must clearcoat your piece, for those of you who don't know, Clearcoat can turn several different Color Hues depending on how it reacts with it's basecoat, the ambient temperature and moisture content of the surrounding air during the curing stage also will have an effect. Have some common sense and avoid wasting your time, Always paint a test piece and let it cure before you start in on your project.

[DarkKnight]

Humm. Well i havent tried anything yet. Im scured to... Guy i bought it from just uysed spray paint. And put a clear coat over it. Looks sharp when it dosent have the rust color on it. it's only a few places though.

Ill try some soap.y water Dawn hehehehe.

[Mr. Land Yacht]

maybe try some simple green and go at it.