Painting Rusty Coolant Pipes

[oddnumber]

Morning all, I've got a couple of rusting coolant pipes on my early 1.9 - knowing that some of the pipes are getting hard to get hold of, I don't want them getting much worse. So I was wondering if painting them might be an option? I could wire brush the loose crap off and go over them with Hammerite - has anyone done this and did it stand up to the heat?

Thanks for any advice

[ghost123uk]

You can certainly do that and Hammerrite will stand that much heat, but it's likely only going to be a cosmetic improvement as much of the rust that causes the pipes to fail is likely on the inside.

Mind you, I wonder if everyone in the vans past has used the correct anti corrosion coolant, how well that provides protection for the insides of the pipes.

[oddnumber]

That's great, thanks John. Judging from the state of the coolant when I got the van I'm not optimistic. If nothing else painting the rust will be a psychological thing!

I wasn't sure if it'd take the heat.

Thanks again matey, have a good day.

[kevtherev]

All the cooling system pipes are available.

[oddnumber]

That's reassuring Kev, thank you. I remember finding it hard to source the pipe that runs laterally behind the pulley, but that could have been a stock issue?