Cleaning off old head gasket.
02-07-2007, 10:13 PM
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Cleaning off old head gasket. Before I put the head back on, just how clean does the block surface need to be? I have taken a plastic scraper on the entire surface and blown it all off and vacuum'd it out as much as I could. The surface feels smooth to the touch. I was scraping off what seems like a wax substance that was left over from the old head gasket. I got almost all of that crap off (major PITA BTW). How far do I need to take this to get the surface clean and preped for the new gasket?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
02-07-2007, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by The Gentlemen
Before I put the head back on, just how clean does the block surface need to be? I have taken a plastic scraper on the entire surface and blown it all off and vacuum'd it out as much as I could. The surface feels smooth to the touch. I was scraping off what seems like a wax substance that was left over from the old head gasket. I got almost all of that crap off (major PITA BTW). How far do I need to take this to get the surface clean and preped for the new gasket?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
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02-07-2007, 10:25 PM
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use nail polish remover, works great, just did a heads/cam swap and used it to clean the block off and it looked just like the above photo, just don't get it on the car paint
02-07-2007, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by NassyVette
Red scotch brite pad. The old graphite gaskets are a bitch compared to the mls ones.
