best for cleaning carbon from heads/valves
03-14-2007, 06:58 PM
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best for cleaning carbon from heads/valves
I am cleaning my heads before i send them to the machine shop for some work and was wondering??....apart from sand/bead blasting them,,is there any other way to clean heads of carbon i.e. thinners,gunk(engine degreasent)???
any suggestions??
any suggestions??
03-15-2007, 11:17 AM
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I would be careful, especially in the exhaust port. There is a ceramic coating that you don't want to damage.
A good machine shop should have the ability to clean the heads before machining.
A good machine shop should have the ability to clean the heads before machining.