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- From: sylveste@ecs.umass.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Messy Valve Cover
- Message-ID: <18427.2ab47d0e@ecs.umass.edu>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 11:52:45 GMT
- References: <183468@pyramid.pyramid.com>
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- In article <183468@pyramid.pyramid.com>, ihusain@pyramid.COM (Intisar Husain) writes:
- > I just bought an 84 mixima, and was doing valve adjustment.
- > Found almost 1.5" in diameter of carbon stones under valve cover.
- > I cleaned as many as possible, but I am wondering where do they come
- > from, and is it ok to clean it by opening the oil pan from the bottom
- > and then clean the overhead cam with somekind of solvent.
- > Thanks
- > Intisar.
- I would not advise doing that. If you pour solvent into the engine you
- will loosen up a lot of sludge. All this sludge will not come out durring your
- cleaning, it will mix with your oil and clog up the oil filter and the screen
- in the pickup of the oil pump. If this happens a loss of oil pressure will
- occur which will damage your engine.
-
- mike sylvester
- sylveste@ecs.umass.edu
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