[T3] Air cleaner Paint

[Robert Klein]

Have it powder coated. Atleast you would get full coverage.

Sent from the desk of Robert Klein 


On Feb 10, 2014, at 7:50 PM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 10 Feb 2014 at 18:34, Brion Sabbatino wrote:
> 
>> Finally found a nice air cleaner for the Squareback. The car has the duel Solix set up. 
>> My question: Was the entire air cleaner (runners, interior, oil reservoir, painted black.
>> The parts were rust free but covered with a thick coating of grease, oil, and dirt. I soaked the parts in Castrol Engine cleaner to loosen it all. Little did I realize it would strip the paint off along with the grime.
>> So, the are clean metal ready to paint as per the replies.
> 
> Oops!  8-p
> 
> I wouldn't have expected that either.
> 
> I never thought about this before, but the FI air cleaners all seem 
> to be painted black inside and out. I'm not sure how they did this, 
> because the filter coir clearly wasn't painted, at least I don't 
> think so.
> 
> My guess is that you could paint just the outside and everything 
> would be fine. Perhaps oil the inside passages when you install it, 
> but the oil bath air cleaner should keep those surfaces covered 
> thereafter.
> 
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