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Apr 6, 2013 | 11:01 PM

kernelPanicked

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cleaning ring lands

Hi all. Doing head swap and there's a lot of gunk and grit that has fallen on the pistons and is sitting in the ring lands. Shop vac isn't getting it all. Any of you have an idea/technique for cleaning those out before I start moving the motor?

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Apr 10, 2013 | 04:25 PM

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squirt a lot of wd40 and vacuum, wd40 and low pressure air, wd40 and vacuum, wd40 and low pressure air... All while raised to the top on each cylinder...

Apr 10, 2013 | 09:07 PM

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after cleaning as above or any other method , round the edge of the piston with a magnet to pickup any metal debris to add mind peace , beware of not scratching with the magnet itself, nothing to loose.

Apr 11, 2013 | 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Duffster

squirt a lot of wd40 and vacuum, wd40 and low pressure air, wd40 and vacuum, wd40 and low pressure air... All while raised to the top on each cylinder...

I agree with this method, I have used it several times before.

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