dirty engine

[J3wman]

i got an engine i got at my friends house but when it was stored the valve cover was replaced and my friend never put the cover back on and now theres a healthy amount of dirt built up in the cylinder head. how can i clean this? do i need to disassemble the head or what?

the engine was never ran or turned over at any point since the vc was removed. thanks.

[cbscandal]

i got an engine i got at my friends house but when it was stored the valve cover was replaced and my friend never put the cover back on and now theres a healthy amount of dirt built up in the cylinder head. how can i clean this? do i need to disassemble the head or what?

the engine was never ran or turned over at any point since the vc was removed. thanks.

Assuming nothing got into the cylinders, take off the rocker assembly so the valves close, cover up oil ports, and clean. Then again you'll probably have to make sure no dirty oil got into the block in the first place. Good luck, man.

[cb7_with_snail]

If its not too bad then you can use the dust remover in a can.

[J3wman]

theres some left over oil in the head so i cant just blow it out. fuck i guess im gonna have to pull the head off and use an ass ton of carb cleaner...

[quickangel93]

the proper way to do this is to mark all the cam caps and then take all them off. pull off the rocker assembly and dont disassemble it. put it on a tray and use a old tooth brush and 2+2 carb cleaner and clean it out that way and reassemble. then once the engine is in and running, use motor flush to clean out the engine. and then drain that out and use mobil 1 5000 oil to keep the engine clean.

[J3wman]

i think i might have to just kill my friend for taking the VC off... thats proly just the best thing to do at this point. haha

[Tippey764]

What kind of dirt are we talking about? Is this just dust or literally dirt/soil?

[J3wman]

dust and some sand particles. it was in his garage over winter. biggest single particle is about .75mm