so is there anybody else out there that has found a solution to a paint finish in the engine bay for a daily, that has some sort of tolerance to brake fluid and fuel?

This silicon based brake fluid mentioned, is anyone running it?

Used ? USED??? wash your mouth out!

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My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

You could try a vac mold plastic shield or some of this rust-oleum-203373-professional-floor-coating-kit-silver-gray

your talking about something like this?

http://www.epoxy-floor.com.au/whyepoxyf ... bgod_hNGDQ

what do you mean by a vac mod plastic shield?

In case you haven't solved your problem you may want to look at the POR 15 range of products. They are not cheap but I have heard good things about them. Harts paint supplies in johnstone st southport sell them.

Cheers

Lockie , its got nothing to do with how you bleed your brakes , mate it has everything to do with when you clean the mess up after you have bled the pipes from the m/cyls.
In saying this , i have paint damage around my m/cyl's , caused by leaking fluid that i hadn't noticed until it was obviously too late.
Just something that i do when i'm bleeding brakes is to have a spray bottle with water in it, so if brake fluid comes into contact with any painted surface i give it a few sprays with the water to neutrilise it , also if i'm bleeding pipes around the m/cyls
i have a wet rag wrapped around the painted area where fluid could leak onto.
As far as fluid leaking out of your resovoirs , mate i'd have a look at your caps , maybe replace your rubbers.

I agree with Morris 1100, powder coating is overrated. Most of it has very poor UV resistance for starters. And it chips easily, unless the substrate is blasted first.
We make conveyors at work- all the frames etc are powder coated.. are pretty when new, but keep out of sunlight.

You should see how bad my exxy red `White' toolbox has faded where the afternoon sun hits it through the garage window for 2 hours..

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Somone will argue with me on this one but POR15 is damn tuff stuff.
I painted an old piece of steel with the stuff without preperation, and once dry hit it with a few things to see what happens.
Hit it with the hammer, bent and twisted it no problems, then hit it with the claw end of the hammer....still there. Got the smalll gas torch out and tried to burn it: didnt even dull the finish. Then scratched it with a screwdriver and put brake fluid on it: still survived.

arh cheers thanks for that. I'll certainly be looking into it next week once my hols start.

Harley, the sound of that paint seems like the paint for me

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

i'd agree with you here, everythings new, rubbers and all. Using it as a daily brake fluid is like water, where theres a will theres a way, and it finds a crack somewhere.. one hard corner and a little bit spits out somewhere, and thats all I need..

I guess I've never had any success with the paint ive used, and the once the fluid is on there, even water makes no difference.. In a couple of days I see it peeling.

I also have the same situation as you sometimes using it as a daily a leak that I dont notice until its too late, and its away and spreading. I'm just over it all painting things twice in that area as you can imagine so would like to see if I can stop it

i mean i dont have leaking pipes and mc's or anything, but 1 drop and its away..

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

If all else fails you could always just put some clear contact over the problem areas!
Plastic based so won't peel.

You need to get onto stray fluid pretty quickly, as you've discovered. When bleeding bike brakes at work I use metho to clean up; it's that bit more powerful than just water.

Doesn't change the fact that if you're not on top of where it's leaking from it'll still do its nasty work in pretty short order.

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You're only supposed to blow the BLUDDY DOORS OFF!!

And so would I, if kept in a bubble all my life.