Hi all,
So I've taken apart the cylinder head and I'm going to grind in the valves. I'm wondering how best to clean up the deposits around the valve seats. Can I really use a small wire brush in an electric drill, or will that munch through the soft allow in short order? I understand that the valve seats themselves are hardened, but what about the surrounding metal? Am I better off going easy with a plastic scraper?
Thanks
Luke
Only if you're really cack handed for a really long time.
That will take a really long time.
if you leave it to soak in petrol (or even water) for a while it will clean off with little effort. an engineering shop would stick it in the hot washer overnight for a small fee, that gets 99 per cent of it off.
if you realy want to brush it off then get a brass brush which should do minimum damage.
In message , Mrcheerful writes
Diesel works as well, plus it's a little more difficult to set on fire ;-)
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