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Cleaning carbon from piston crowns and combustion chambers
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:22 pm
Author: PAULJAC47
Hi All just took the head off my Z1B to renew valve guides and seals does anyone know a better way of cleaning carbon from pistons crowns and combustions chambers other than by just scraping with a soft wooden or plastic tool?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:49 pm
Author: Pigford
A bit of elbow grease & soft scraper is best...
You could try a 'soft' wire wheel......
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:19 pm
Author: kawamick
Oven cleaner works perfect.
Mick
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:30 pm
Author: MaineKZ
kawamick wrote:Oven cleaner works perfect.
Mick
Caustic Alkaline Oven Cleaner and Ali!!!! You're living dangerously there.
That stuff will mess with your Ali's surface layer -could be storing up big trouble for the future.
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:25 pm
Author: tlc
I would talk to the Debben twins.
They demonstrate time and again that when it comes to engines they know what is what
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:21 pm
Author: kawamick
MaineKZ wrote:kawamick wrote:Oven cleaner works perfect.
Mick
Caustic Alkaline Oven Cleaner and Ali!!!! You're living dangerously there.
That stuff will mess with your Ali's surface layer -could be storing up big trouble for the future.
You don't need a Alkaline Oven cleaner.Ask your wife for her oven cleaner foam.I'm working with it since years, and had never problems.
Mick
Cleaning carbon from piston crowns and combustion chambers
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:02 pm
Author: PAULJAC47
Hi Guys thanks for suggestions have also been told Red X and carefull use of rotary soft brass brush in flexible drive will try out ideas and see if are effective Cheers Paul J..
Cleaning carbon from piston crowns and combustion chambers
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:02 pm
Author: PAULJAC47
Hi Guys thanks for suggestions have also been told Red X and carefull use of rotary soft brass brush in flexible drive will try out ideas and see if are effective Cheers Paul J..
Cleaning carbon from piston crowns and combustion chambers
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:02 pm
Author: PAULJAC47
Hi Guys thanks for suggestions have also been told Red X and carefull use of rotary soft brass brush in flexible drive will try out ideas and see if are effective Cheers Paul J..
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:09 pm
Author: Pigford
................. once, twice.... nay - thrice
Cleaning carbon from piston crowns and combustion chambers
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:45 pm
Author: PAULJAC47
Red x and soft rotary brass wire brush worked well ,a smear of vaseline around edge of piston stopped any crap going down bores it holds onto carbon when you turn engine over and piston goes down easily wiped out then with clean rag.......
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:56 pm
Author: Blue900Z1B
Another way that I have seen working, with my son doing pistons etc in a Toyota V6 engine, is using carb cleaner which comes in aerosols (he got his from Halfords where I have a trade card). Let it soak into the carbon and it comes off relatively easily with gentle rubbing with a cloth.