Posted by TBR (IP: 205.188.198.174) on July 18, 1999 at 16:23:43:
In Reply to: Re: you can clean the crud off of your valvecovers posted by Michael Haertel on July 18, 1999 at 07:31:40:
: I used Easy-Off Fume Free MAX oven Cleaner, it works in 2 hours on a cold oven (or valve cover) and washes off with water. I washed it all of with water, and dried it quickly with shop towels. There's no film of residue that I can feel. I ran hot water threw it for quite a while, and scrubed off any oil that was left. It's shiny and clean inside now. The water caused a couple of small rust spots where the divider in the center of the valve cover is, but it sanded off nicely and looks great now. It's got engine primer on the outside of it right now (Rust-Oleum) so it should rust again, and I need to go get some Ford blue engine paint and bolt in on with the new gasket. Anybody have the Valve cover torch specs? It's the 200 Inline 6.
: I found another problem that I'll fix later today, whoever changed the oil last cross threaded that oil plug, so I gotta go find a biger oil plug (As if the Mav's plug isn't big enought) and tap it out a bit. Hopefully that is the end of my oil leak!
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: : on the inside, but make sure its dry and no residue from the cleaner is left on the inside of the valve cover, you want it clean, but anything
: : that will break down that crud will do a number on your engine too.
: : Probably better off just to make sure the gasket area is clean and dry and leave well enough alone, all engines tend to build up crud, you can tell if its been abused by the severity of the crud. No escaping it, not really a good way to prevent it. Also heard horror stories on the engine flush, but they may be unfounded.