[Shotimes] Air intake cleaning and resealing cylinder head cover

[Carl Prochilo]

Bad choice of words on my part.  I meant Berrymans B12...  Same stuff I
plan to clean the intake with.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Wed, December 22, 2004 7:38 pm, 1badsho@thenuthouse.com said:
> carl
>
> You dont want to put any brake parts cleaner down the intake .. where the
> valves  are.
>
> Thats a big no no ... brake parts cleaner acts as a disolvant and can run
> down your cylinder walls over your bearings ... and can creat a hydralock
> situation .. which means when u try to start the car ... u r trying to
> compress the brake parts cleaner that hasnt evaportad .... and it wont
> compress .... so u bend something and ruin a motor.
>
> Including building your motor .. I have worked on prob over 100 motors in
> the past few years ... my first motor .. ever .. i worked on .. and i did
> this .. bad choice on my part
>
> dond
>
>
>>
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
>>From : GR8SHO@adelphia.net[mailto:GR8SHO@adelphia.net]
>>Sent : 12/22/2004 2:03:09 PM
>>To : ;
>>Cc :
>>Subject : RE : [Shotimes] Air intake cleaning and resealing cylinder head
>> cover
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/4dalh
>>
>>Here is the current state of affairs at disassembly. I'm in the process
>> of locating new rubber grommits for the cylinder head covers. Not
>> planning to remove the covers, just want to address the visible leaks
>> first. In the first picture, you can see that I've cleaned one of the
>> bolts already as an experiment.
>>
>>Also, I wouldn't mind replacing the intake gasket as it looks ratty, but
>> maybe I can successfully clean it up.
>>
>>I'll use the Berrymans R12 and a pipe cleaner on the intake per previous
>> recommendations.
>>
>>Peering into where the valves are located, I can see what appears to be a
>> white powder on top of the valves. I believe this would indicate a lean
>> condition.
>>
>>While I'm at this point, I assume it is safe to use the carb cleaner in
>> that area to clean things up.
>>====
>>Cheers,
>>Carl Prochilo
>>1992 Ultra Red Crimson
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