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Cleaning carbon deposit off gasket surface
- Fewmarshall
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As you can see, aside from the literal dirt caked to this cylinder head, there is a decent sized carbon deposit on the gasket surface from the engine having been ran with a blown head gasket in the past. The lower gasket surface has the exact same marking. I was wondering a safe way to clean this without ruining the gasket surface or if I should even try removing it?
13 Dec 2019 13:41
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Replied by RT360Fan on topic Cleaning carbon deposit off gasket surface
Hard to tell from the pic how bad the build up is. If its relatively thick you can use a scraper (carefully) to get the majority off the gasket surface. Then wet the area with something like Kroil or Hoppe's 9 to help dissolve the carbon, then wipe off. If you have a surface plate you can lightly lap the head gasket surface too.
Just don't go crazy on it. I cringe when I see someone cleaning gasket material from aluminum with an air grinder and roloc disc. Yikes! Just use the tool between your ears and you'll be fine.
Just don't go crazy on it. I cringe when I see someone cleaning gasket material from aluminum with an air grinder and roloc disc. Yikes! Just use the tool between your ears and you'll be fine.
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13 Dec 2019 14:00
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I like Acetone on a wet rag.
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1971 CT1-C (BRANDY)
1970 DT1-C (MONICA)
1972 AT2M (ZIFFLE)
1970 CT1-B (HULK)
1971 DT1E (GINA)
1970 CT1-B (CLIDE)
14 Dec 2019 08:21
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Mr Muscle oven cleaner works a treat .
You could spray that on all that surface and it will get rid of 95% of the crap.
Don't get it on the nice bits,and don't breath it in or it will de carbonize you as well.
You could spray that on all that surface and it will get rid of 95% of the crap.
Don't get it on the nice bits,and don't breath it in or it will de carbonize you as well.
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