i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders...
10-18-2003, 04:16 PM
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders... It's unavoidable with a head swap. Just suck it out with a WetVac or use a lot of paper towels. Once you get it all out, spray some break cleaner in there and wipe it all down until you get all the moisture out.
10-18-2003, 04:25 PM
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders... ok thanks. i got sum of that crap from the gaskets in there too when i scraped them, but ill just wipe it all out with sum paper towels
10-18-2003, 04:31 PM
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders... One more tip. I just did my heads too and I decided to pull the oil pan plug just before I started the engine and I'm glad I did because some of that water that went into the cylinders got past the rings and into the pan. When I pulled the oil pan plug the first thing that came running out was WATER not oil since oil floats on water. If your not changing your oil during the head swap you should at least pull the oil drain plug and see if there is any water in there that needs to be drained out first.
10-18-2003, 04:33 PM
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders... Make sure you get all of that gasket debris out, too. If some of it gets stuck b/w the piston and the cylinder wall get a rag and put some grease on it and wipe it out. The grease will pick up the little flecks of gasket material.
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders... Don't forget to get all the water out of the head bolt holes also. If you don't the water can cause problems when you put the bolts in. 
10-18-2003, 05:46 PM
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders... it also looks like i got sum of the gasket material in sum long skinny holes in the block were the coolant is and i cant get it out . will this do any damage?
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders...
it also looks like i got sum of the gasket material in sum long skinny holes in the block were the coolant is and i cant get it out . will this do any damage?
10-18-2003, 06:50 PM
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders... I bought one of those spray can "keyboard dusters" that has the long nozzle on the end of it. Just stick it down in each hole and blow it out. I got mine at walmart for like $3 each.
10-18-2003, 08:14 PM
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders... The best tool for this job is a 5+ horsepower wet dry vac 
It'll suck up all that crap, even what's sitting on top of the top piston rings, between the piston and the cylinder wall.... Get one.
It'll suck up all that crap, even what's sitting on top of the top piston rings, between the piston and the cylinder wall.... Get one. 
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Re: i dropped a lot of coolant in the cylinders...
I bought one of those spray can "keyboard dusters" that has the long nozzle on the end of it. Just stick it down in each hole and blow it out. I got mine at walmart for like $3 each.
