valve cover cleaning
 

I have had these ford racing valve covers for a while...and can not seem to figure out a way to get them shinny and clean again. They act like some grease/oil residue have gotten on them and now have baked that on. They look a little cloudy and I have not found anything yet that will clean them. Any one got any ideas

Ryan

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Are they polished aluminum? There are several metal polishes that you could use if they are not clear coated. Nev-R-Dull is pretty good stuff, if that doesn't work, there is some metal polish in a tube called Wenol that is excellent. Not sure where to get it, I got mine at a swap meet, and they were demonstrating on a polished valve cover.

I always thought they were polished aluminum....but I am not for sure on that.
Ryan

Look Here
http://forums.mustangworks.com/showt...threadid=38756

This worked good on intake may work on your issue too.

Re: valve cover cleaning
 

Wenol works awesome. Summit Racing sells it, besides that it's hard to find here where I live. I'd use an aluminum cleaner on them 1st, such as a wheel cleaner, that would get any tarnish off with little effort/scrubbing. Then try to polish them out an see what the end result is.. If that doesnt work use something such as bleach-white it'll get them clean but it will eat the finish off as well, you'll have to bring back the shine by polishing them. I reccomend using a dremel with a buffing wheel on it, then finishing it out by hand. Beware this will take some ammount of time tho.