Clean My Pistons????
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Clean My Pistons????
hi guys...
i just got the head removed to install some parts...and i noticed that my pistons are charcoal black from carbon residue...my car was tuned rich in the first place...
anyhow...i was wondering if i should clean them..or just leave them as they are...
if i have to clean them...how do i do that? the black material on the surface of the pistons is hard and dry..
thanks in advance
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i just got the head removed to install some parts...and i noticed that my pistons are charcoal black from carbon residue...my car was tuned rich in the first place...
anyhow...i was wondering if i should clean them..or just leave them as they are...
if i have to clean them...how do i do that? the black material on the surface of the pistons is hard and dry..
thanks in advance
ps Looking for advice from people with experience
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Well maybe you should lean it to 15-16 AFR and give it a few 7k rpm runs to clean it up a bit
Anyway just kidding, hope someone can give a bit more info on this, I'm going to take the head off some day soon too and if I get something similar under the hood, I might just want to do the same. Just wondering if it's harmful for that stuff to be there & if there's a way to clean it.
Anyway just kidding, hope someone can give a bit more info on this, I'm going to take the head off some day soon too and if I get something similar under the hood, I might just want to do the same. Just wondering if it's harmful for that stuff to be there & if there's a way to clean it.
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i dont think it is harmful for it to be there but i am not sure if its harmful to clean it...i just took another look at it and it seems that it wont come off that easily...might need sanding or scrubbing of some sort..
however i just cleaned the block deck for now!!
cosworth head is going on along with cosworth M3 cams
however i just cleaned the block deck for now!!
cosworth head is going on along with cosworth M3 cams
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cleaning them won't do much, put pour some new motor oil on them and scrub them with a rag or brillo pad. it won't get it all off unless you go at it for a while but it will help. this is how i was advised to do it by Nick @ DTM. He and I both qualify as "people with experience", although mine is much less.
p.s. probably moving to dubai in june!
p.s. probably moving to dubai in june!
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use one of the market fuel system cleaners. It will help a little bit. I try to use only shell vpower that has cleaning agents and I will be using techron cleaner every 5000 miles or so... Probably around summer I will build the block so we ll see if these work!