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craig_s
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22nd Apr 07 at 21:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeterday i painted my rocker cover,timing belt cover and my spark plug cover.what do you think?? and i aslo found something floating about inside the head 10 points for the 1st person to guess what it was and dont say cams and followers.
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sxibeast
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22nd Apr 07 at 21:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nice! such an improvement too!
craig_s
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22nd Apr 07 at 21:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i know i wanst inmpressed with what i found inside the head though.the last person to take the head off must have been a right noob

[Edited on 22-04-2007 by sri power]
Mark330d
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22nd Apr 07 at 21:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
a wasp? we put a wasp that was stile alive in an xe yesterday, I suppose i could call it an eco friendly exhaust additive, adds a buzz to the engine
craig_s
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22nd Apr 07 at 21:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nah it wernt a wasp and thats animal cruelty lol
Whittie
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22nd Apr 07 at 21:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks good mate
Mark330d
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22nd Apr 07 at 21:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it was trespassing on private property so it deserved it,

How about a nut or a washer?
craig_s
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22nd Apr 07 at 21:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oohh very close there were not 1 but 3 old head bolts washers checked all the current ones to make sure they were on.so who ever took the head off last must have left them in
Mark330d
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22nd Apr 07 at 21:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lucky you found them then. They caused any damage?
craig_s
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22nd Apr 07 at 22:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well when i got it it had noisy tappets which i will be replcing anyway but ive noticed its not as bad since i took those washers out.but no it didnt cause any noticable damage.

[Edited on 22-04-2007 by sri power]
sxibeast
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22nd Apr 07 at 23:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol! i cant beleive they left them in! i always triple check anything under the bonnet incase of something like this! shocking! good job you found em though!
craig_s
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22nd Apr 07 at 23:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i know it was a good job.some people just dont give a crap when they are working on cars.f it had happened when i owned the car i would have shoved them up the mechanics nose!apparently the engine was checked over by aldon performance before it was fitted too


[Edited on 22-04-2007 by sri power]
TheCam
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23rd Apr 07 at 07:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how did you manage to paint the spark plug cover and not the writing, when I painted mine i just went over the writing lol
craig_s
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23rd Apr 07 at 07:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
covered the writing with tape and cut around the letters with a stanley blade
TheCam
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23rd Apr 07 at 07:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ahhhh. will have to do that because i'm thinkin about respraying mine. it is currently black with white spark plug cover. thinkin of doin it yellow with black. dunno why i want it yellow (car is silver) jus think it will look cool lol
taylorboosh
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23rd Apr 07 at 08:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol may it have something to do with the yellow powdecoated engine last week?
craig_s
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23rd Apr 07 at 09:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh yellow might look good.i wanted arden blue to match my car but i couldnt find it so i got polar sea blue pearlescent for the covers and bmw bright red for the spark plug cover

 
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