What is the best way to clean grime off of head?
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I used purple power on aluminum. When you use it, scrub the area fast and then rinse it off quickly. i ised it on a cast iron head and it worked great. It will work great on aluminum but you will have to wash it off quickly, as soon as you are finished washing each area. I mixed it with diseal and it worked really well.
If you're taking the head off - you might as well do it properly - do a decoke & valve grind (use grease to reseat the collets when re-installing) while it's off. Once you've stripped the head, i found that a Karcher jet wash with really hot soapy water sorted out the majority of the grunge - a toothbrush and gasoline will do the fiddly bits it can't reach.
purple power and a powered disposable toothbrush. and really hot water. but id advise wearing rubber gloves as purple power is an acid and will burn your skin eventually
you can also take it to a machine shop and have them hot tank it, IIRC the machine shop by my house will do it for around 20 bucks
Yet again, it EATS aluminum, don't use it. There's far better things to use that you don't have to be worried about screwing up the cam journals or any other machined surface.
Poodles;1699785 said:
+1, I used that stuff on my IS300 wheels, and it sat for like 15 mins, when I got back it had eaten through some of the protective coating on the wheels. So DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. like Poodles said, you don't want to mess anything up, and this is a good way to do it.
I use this cleaner in the link all the time but it also will eat aluminum. To eliminate that risk, I mix it with diesel. I use about half pint of the cleaner to every two gallons of diseal. In our shop parts washer, it holds about 16 gallons of solvent, which we stopped buying and have been using diesel in it for years now, and I put in 2 gallons of the cleaner and it makes a big difference.
I took a quart mug that you mix paint in before putting it in a spray gun and mixed half cleaner and hot water, about 60% water and 40% cleaner, and then soaked the cam caps for five minutes. As I took them out, they were super clean and I washed it down with brake cleaner and then put assembly lube on the journal surface. It did not eat the aluminum BUT it can if you leave it on too long or don't dilute it.
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I took a quart mug that you mix paint in before putting it in a spray gun and mixed half cleaner and hot water, about 60% water and 40% cleaner, and then soaked the cam caps for five minutes. As I took them out, they were super clean and I washed it down with brake cleaner and then put assembly lube on the journal surface. It did not eat the aluminum BUT it can if you leave it on too long or don't dilute it.
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IBoughtASupra;1698839 said:Like this?
so much win!!!
a pressure washer also works, but tends to make a mess of the person cleaning it, so pay a buddy to do it, or wear some protective clothing.
Spray brake cleaner infront of compressed air. Takes off a lot of things and doesnt make a mess, drys instantly, and keeps you clean. That is if you have compressed air.
Really guys come on lol. You guys are bad. Tear the the head apart and take it to the machine shop. You might as well have it done the right way. if not i hope you have deep pockets.
JStoked;1700167 said:
Not always true. Many machine shops use media blasting which is just as damaging as any acidic treatment (and leaves the head looking like shit).