finally got the old head off AND.....

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NyNeon0813
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finally got the old head off AND.....

Post by NyNeon0813 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:20 am

This is what I found...

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Looks terrible! How bad is it? I have no experience with this stuff so I'm looking for ur experienced opinions. How should I go about cleaning it up?

Please help
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'01 PEON - '01 R/T head swap.. Bolt ons & ksports

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Post by occasional demons » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:33 pm

Pretty normal.

You can gently scrape off the bulk of it with a putty knife. Then use a vacuum to get all the bits out. Careful use of a razor blade will get most of it.


Or just leave it, and seafoam regularly.
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Post by NyNeon0813 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:20 pm

Glad to hear that its normal. I thought something was wrong by the way it looked. Thank you
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'01 PEON - '01 R/T head swap.. Bolt ons & ksports

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Post by boostalot717 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:22 pm

looks like a life lived with good ole 87 pump gas.

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Post by Jerome Adams » Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:26 pm

I hit mine with one of those green scrubby pads when I did my head swap.
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