Gerry, Good to see you!
I used some 3M wheel with these little orange spines. It's probably as aggressive as a wire wheel, but seems a little gentler, if that makes sense. I believe it's called a Scotchbrite radial bristle wheel if memory serves me correctly. It did leave some fine scratches, but took a lot of the accumulated grunge off with minimum effort. Before I put the wheel to it I cleaned it with a scrub brush and Simple Green, then popped it in a low oven (170F) to dry it out. I did the same with the oil filler cap, too. I'll be interested to see how long it retains the shiny surface. The engine doesn't have leaks or anything flying around as far as fluids, so I'm hoping it will stay that way for a while. For what it's worth I added some wavy washers under the valve cover nuts, too. There seems to be some confusion as to whether or not there should be a washer under these (Mercedes says not based on the EPC) but some claim it's necessary to prevent leakage of oil and oil mist from the valve area. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 22, 2017, at 9:43 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Nice! > What did you use to clean the valve cover? > Gerry > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
