Intake swap in progress - More questions....
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Melting Slicks
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Intake swap in progress - More questions....
Hello All,
Today I removed the intake, and found some chunks of carbon (?) on the engine valley, and I was wondering what I should do about it. So far I basically plugged all the oil, water, intake and exhaust holes with paper towels and sucked the loose stuff with a vacuum cleaner. Should I try to clean it further, or leave it alone? What causes this? What can be done in the future to clean up the engine and prevent this carbon build-up? Does there exist any kind of miraculous product that I could add to the oil to clean up all that crap? This sure explains the fact that the oil usually gets dark after only a couple of days...
Also, there is some extremely hard gunk/carbon/fossilized gasket/whatever on the heads, where the valve covers go. What can I use to remove that stuff? Or should I leave it alone and let the gasket do its job?
Thanks in advance! Any other tips to make this job easier will be very welcome!
-Pedro
Today I removed the intake, and found some chunks of carbon (?) on the engine valley, and I was wondering what I should do about it. So far I basically plugged all the oil, water, intake and exhaust holes with paper towels and sucked the loose stuff with a vacuum cleaner. Should I try to clean it further, or leave it alone? What causes this? What can be done in the future to clean up the engine and prevent this carbon build-up? Does there exist any kind of miraculous product that I could add to the oil to clean up all that crap? This sure explains the fact that the oil usually gets dark after only a couple of days...
Also, there is some extremely hard gunk/carbon/fossilized gasket/whatever on the heads, where the valve covers go. What can I use to remove that stuff? Or should I leave it alone and let the gasket do its job?
Thanks in advance! Any other tips to make this job easier will be very welcome!
-Pedro
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Re: Intake swap in progress - More questions.... (Pedro'74)
Remove all of that carbon you can. Try not to get any down in the oil holes and distributor hole. You are going to have to change the oil and empty the radiator.
You do need to clean the surfaces for the gaskets as well as you can. Get a good scraper.
[Modified by Rhys, 9:35 AM 10/8/2001]
You do need to clean the surfaces for the gaskets as well as you can. Get a good scraper.
[Modified by Rhys, 9:35 AM 10/8/2001]
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Melting Slicks
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Re: Intake swap in progress - More questions.... (Rhys)
Wow, Rhys, now that's some carbon build-up you got there! :eek: Fortunately mine i just a small fraction of that!
Question: should I run the engine for some time before I change the oil to "flush" all the particles that may have fallen inside?
What causes this condition?
Thanks!
-Pedro
[Modified by Pedro'74, 1:58 PM 10/8/2001]
Question: should I run the engine for some time before I change the oil to "flush" all the particles that may have fallen inside?
What causes this condition?
Thanks!
-Pedro
[Modified by Pedro'74, 1:58 PM 10/8/2001]
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Re: Intake swap in progress - More questions.... (Pedro'74)
The best thing I've found to remove gaskets is a razor blade. It takes a while, but yields good results. Once you've removed all of the gasket material, clean up the surface with some laquer thinner.
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Re: Intake swap in progress - More questions.... (virtue4u)
Thanks, guys! I'll get one of these razor blades and try again. I see now that I was being too "delicate" with this thing, afraid I could damage something...
Thanks again!
-Pedro
Thanks again!
-Pedro
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Re: Intake swap in progress - More questions.... (Pedro'74)
OK, the fossilized gasket problem is solved. As I said before, I was just being too "delicate"...
Do you think one of those "Motor Flushs" that you add before the oil changes would help cleaning up that carbon crap?
Thanks,
-Pedro
Do you think one of those "Motor Flushs" that you add before the oil changes would help cleaning up that carbon crap?
Thanks,
-Pedro
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Re: Intake swap in progress - More questions.... (Pedro'74)
would running auto trans fluid clean it up I have heard about doing it but never had the guts to try it... any one know if that will help pedro?
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Re: Intake swap in progress - More questions.... (ZD75blue)
Thanks, Zach! I remember hearing that when Rick (JRChurch) poured some ATF in his engine by mistake. But I'd only do it if I'm sure that it's safe...
-Pedro
-Pedro