Any problems with leaving valve covers off for a few days?

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

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I'm gonna pull them off and polish'em up. The hood is on the car and it's a stocker, so i dont see much water or anything getting near the engine, and since it's all oiled it shouldnt rust, right?


You can never be too sure...lol

 

[TheUser]

you'll get oil all over the engine bay and it will smoke like a freight train when you drive it. My push rods rusted and the tops of heads where the valve covers meet, but i wasn't driving the car, so no oil on the pushrods... Also, you do lose a lot of oil...I didn't even drive mine, just started it up in the driveway a few times and had like 3 quarts when i changed it after that, so I wouldn't do it if I were you. You can polish them in a couple hours.

EDIT: Ahh...parked car, totally different story ha ha, miss-communication I suppose.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

LOL, i guess i should have mentioned the car will be PARKED. I'm guessing no, i just wanted to double check, maybe someone has a horror story i havent heard yet.

 

[BlackGT89]

I'd at least cover the openings up with a suitable rag or tarp. As Murphy's Law goes, anything that can fall in a hole that's not supposed to - will. I'm kind of paranoid about stuff falling in my engine anyway...

 

[Mavrick]

Ya just throw a couple rags over the heads when the valve covers are off, you should be fine.

 

[85_SS_302_Coupe]

Time to dig up some of those ugly grey sweat pants that Mrs. SSP wears that are ugly as sin....lol

One leg per head should be fine right?

 

[BlackGT89]

Time to dig up some of those ugly grey sweat pants that Mrs. SSP wears that are ugly as sin....lol

One leg per head should be fine right?

Oh yeah, that would probably do it alright ! As long as it's still the E7 heads...

 

[Rick 91GT]

I prefer to use some wide masking tape and cover it all up...Murphy's Law tends to bite guys in the ass.....