oh.. always have it shaved?.. bugger. Can anyone confirm this please?.. i'd rather not waste the $130 it cost to get a VRS for the engine. I must admit though it does make sense.. but then that means that heads are a consumable as the compression ratio will go up and up and after a few times will be seriously different from intended.. no?
Dave >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/14/02, 11:04:50 AM, "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Basic head cleaning: > not really to do with getting the old gasket off, but today i filled my > spray gun with degreaser and some kero, cranked the pressure as high as it > would go, bloody hell it made ligth work of cleaning up the a87 i have here, > took about a minute or two to go from black to a nice shiney aluminium.. i > was under the impression that when you take a alloy head off, you should > always have it shaved?? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 7:41 PM > Subject: Basic head cleaning > > G'day guys, > > > > I am cleaning up my L24 head tonight (as in just removing all the crap > > and reminants of the old head gasket) and was wondering what methods you > > guys used to get all the stuck on gunk off. > > Have heard several things from paint scrapers to sand-paper. I'd prefer > > not to have to pay to get the head shaved if i screw it up so just > > thought i'd ask for some options. > > Thanks, > > > > Dave > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
