Painting the inlet question & polishing

[172_girl]

i want my inlet pipes to be shiney black through my engine covr on my 172 whats the best way to get a ggod finish on them and whats the best spray/paint to use, thanks

Also how to a polish my feul rail myself what stuff, tools do i need

thanks

 

[RichMcc]

Sand down the plenham starting with an 80 grit papaer working all the way through the grades to a 1200 to make sure its compleatly smooth or you wont get the desired finish. Use a high temp paint, not sure if you need a primer with that.

Same process for the fuel rail guard but buff then polish instead of paint

 

[172_girl]

thank uis it easy to remove from the car both the inlet and fuel rail

 

[RichMcc]

Yeah fuel rail guard is very easy, two 13mm bolts iirc

The plenham has about 7 bolts that secure it 10mm I think, and 4 to hold the throttle body on.
You'll need to replace the gasket between plenham and manifold, the rubber O ring underneath and the plenham to throttlebody gasket.
Take the coil pack off, unplug all sensors and the petrol tank vapor line. remove the idle control valve air hose and induction hose, take the TB off and undo the bolts it should just pop off.
Make sure it sits right when you put it back on or you'll get an air leak and your car will develop a crazy idle.

 

[jimbo666]

Yeah fuel rail guard is very easy, two 13mm bolts iirc

They are 10mm and foocking ball ache to get at, unless you have a thin, deep socket.

 

[CHRISK172+]

Plenty of threads on this if you do a search.