Re: Cleaning a 16V head/Used cam install..

["andkat" <andkat@foxinternet.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Try some carb cleaner and compressed air.  I would remove the cams and make
sure there is no gunk under the lifters as well.  Any decent part shop
should have some assembly lube to apply the the cams after everything is
cleaned up.



                   Andy




-----Original Message-----
From: Testastrega@aol.com <Testastrega@aol.com>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Cc: ldfen1@lisco.com <ldfen1@lisco.com>
Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 8:59 PM
Subject: Cleaning a 16V head/Used cam install..


>Well my never installed 16V head arrived in the mail today (Thanks
>EBay)(heavy SOB) and I have some questions on cleaning it. It sat exposed
on
>a dealers shelf for a couple of years so there is quite a bit of muck and
>dirt mixed with a thin coat of oil on the top. I removed all that I could
>reach with my fingers and needle nose pliers but it is still too ucky to
>install. How do I get rid of this stuff? I dont want to remove the cams now
>although when I get the 2.0 block my Euro intake cam will be installed. The
>oil and coolant channels are pristine so It wouldnt do me any good to flush
>those, but if I just dump oil onto the head it wont remove the dirt..how do
I
>do this? Compressed air?
>Secondly there are some dings in the surface which meets the valve cover,
>none that run from the inner wall to the outside but deep enough that I am
>concerned, any way to possibly avoid a small oil leak?
>When rebuilding small block chevys we used to use a STP clear lube (cant
>remeber the name but it had a cotton ball dabber on the cap) on all the
>friction parts during assembly, should I remove the cams do that since the
>head has been sitting for so long?
>Last but not least, I will be putting my Euro intake cam into this head
when
>I get the 2.0 block and the headwork is done. The cam will have around 3-4K
>miles on it, is this going to be a problem with a brand new head? Thanks
>all.....
>
>
>Shannon
>"Better to burn out than to fade away"
>87 16V w/211,000 mi.
>
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