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Posts: 558 Thanks: 2 Trader Rating: 1 Drives:    | Head cleaning Hey Panda Peeps I got a techy question, how would you clean up an alloy cylinder head mating surface (no dirty jokes please) when you are not planning on having it skimmed. I take it sandpaper might scratch it badly. Another thing is when cleaning up the block surface is it bad so much sandpaper crud will end up going down the oil feeds. I cant see how you would avoid as its so small and you cant go 'round' the feeds. 
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| this is where i stand  Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sheffield
Posts: 12,168 Thanks: 208 Trader Rating: 0 Drives: | Re: Head cleaning to clean up the head of my 1108 FIRE unit, i used neat stp injector cleaner and a green pad. i was told using a block of solder is a good idea as well, plumbers solder - because its soft so wont scratch anything. | ||
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Posts: 55,894 Thanks: 699 Trader Rating: 10   | Re: Head cleaning i would just get it skimed, 2 tho off is nothing and it will be perfectly clean | ||
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| Join Date: May 2005 Location: On da way 2 a new mission
Posts: 3,607 Thanks: 68 Trader Rating: 0 | Re: Head cleaning I too would get it skimmed. Nine out of ten times you will end up doing the job again on these heads. I have sent off many heads and personally did never have a skim done that was wasted money.
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Posts: 365 Thanks: 4 Trader Rating: 1 | Re: Head cleaning The best way to avoid oil feeds is to fill the hole with grease. But i'd have the head checked and skimmed every time.
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