So I got a 84 z28 carbed, and I assume that my valve covers are leaking because I a getting a lot of smoke and it seems like oil is dripping out of them and touching the exhaust manifold and causing smoke to appear, but anyways wanted to know if anyone knew how to remove the covers without damaging all of the hoses on the passengers side??thanks!


and I was also wondring fi it would be a bad idea to spray paint the covers flat black?thanks! or would i need a special kind of paint and if so any recommendations?thanks!

 

Label the hoses, take pics, then undo the hoses. There's no other way.

 

ye ur rite,,, bu you think ide be alrite if I clean em up and hit them with regular black spary paint or you think i might need some kind of special spray paint?

 

high temp spray paint is cheap....

 

i changed my calve covers my self in my garage, wasn't to hard like he said take pictures and label the lines to make assembly EASY as pie lol

 

I just finished my valve covers about 2 hours ago. I painted them Chevy red-orange, first you want to get all the rust off or otherwise the paint will not lay on properly. I did this with some dawn soap and water and then some kerosene after that and scrubbing with some scotchbrite. It looks good and cleans stuff up. Be sure to label EVERYTHING. I forgot to and I was searching for about an hour for where things go. If you need the proper way to do it look in a haynes manual