Do I have a lifter going out? YES, I DO!!!!!!

[Wild one]

You and me both!

You need a bench grinder with a wire wheel Ed,they make cleaning up valves alot easier,and a couple small wire brushes for a cordless drill makes combustion chamber/valve ports clean-up a bit easier.

Amazon.com : wire wheel for cordless drill

 

[EdGs]

You need a bench grinder with a wire wheel Ed,they make cleaning up valves alot easier,and a couple small wire brushes for a cordless drill makes combustion chamber/valve ports clean-up a bit easier.

Amazon.com : wire wheel for cordless drill

Have a bench grinder with a wire wheel

Steel or brass for the small ones??

 

[Wild one]

Have a bench grinder with a wire wheel

Steel or brass for the small ones??

Both work,but brass ones are a bit easier on the aluminium heads,but they usually don't last as long

 

[EdGs]

Started cleaning up my heads and valves. Damn, is there an a$$load of carbon in the ports. Knocked a bunch out, then hit with some wire brushes.

I had already gotten a bunch out before this bunch in the intake ports.

 

[Wild one]

Started cleaning up my heads and valves. Damn, is there an a$$load of carbon in the ports. Knocked a bunch out, then hit with some wire brushes.
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I had already goten a bunch out before this bunch in the intake ports.
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Damn she'll run like a new truck by the time you're done Ed,lol.That is a fair bit of crud in the intake ports though,are you running a catch can?

 

[EdGs]

Damn she'll run like a new truck by the time you're done Ed,lol.That is a fair bit of crud in the intake ports though,are you running a catch can?

No, not yet.

That's 200k miles, with nothing done to the truck.

 

[EdGs]

I have a glass top sidebar table, wanna spray-glue several sheets of 600 paper side by side, and figure 8 the head to smooth out the block surface.

 

[EdGs]

I haven't been able to work on her much this past week. Actually, I havent had the energy.....lol.

Is it ok to use assembly lube on the valve stems when I reassemble them, or just oil?

 

[Wild one]

I haven't been able to work on her much this past week. Actually, I havent had the energy.....lol.

Is it ok to use assembly lube on the valve stems when I reassemble them, or just oil?

Assembly lube will stick around till it gets oil up to the top end

 

[EdGs]

After wire brushing hell outta the ports, then soaking and scrubbing in in LA's Totally Awesome Cleaner and water 1:1

Intake ports 7, 5, 3, and 1

Exhaust ports 7, 5, 3, and 1

Still more cleaning to do, then on to passenger side cylinder head.

 

[Wild one]

After wire brushing hell outta the ports, then soaking and scrubbing in in LA's Totally Awesome Cleaner and water 1:1

Intake ports 7, 5, 3, and 1 View attachment 570828
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Exhaust ports 7, 5, 3, and 1
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Still more cleaning to do, then on to passenger side cylinder head.

Got any finger prints left on the tips of your fingers Ed Damn you're doing a good job with cleaning them though

 

[EdGs]

Here's the passenger side head, untouched.

Intake 8, 6, 4, and 2

Exhaust 8, 6, 4, and 2


Exhaust 8, 6, 4, and 2, valve side




Intake valve side 8, 6, 4, and 2



Chamber 8, 6

Chamber 4, 2

 

[EdGs]

Got any finger prints left on the tips of your fingers Ed Damn you're doing a good job with cleaning them though

Barely.....lol.

That cleaner leaves my fingers like prunes, and slick, too.

It looked like it might leave a little residue, but hard to tell because the water here is very hard.

I stuck both heads in a tub of water and Dawn dishsoap, think I might let them soak for 24 hours to see how that behaves.

 

[Wild one]

Here's the passenger side head, untouched.
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Intake 8, 6, 4, and 2
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Exhaust 8, 6, 4, and 2
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Exhaust 8, 6, 4, and 2, valve side
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Intake valve side 8, 6, 4, and 2View attachment 570845
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Chamber 8, 6
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Chamber 4, 2
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[Wild one]

Here's the passenger side head, untouched.
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Intake 8, 6, 4, and 2
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Exhaust 8, 6, 4, and 2
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Exhaust 8, 6, 4, and 2, valve side
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Intake valve side 8, 6, 4, and 2View attachment 570845
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Chamber 8, 6
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Chamber 4, 2
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Actually those aren't bad for 200K,i've seen chambers and ports in far worse shape then yours with only 80,000 miles on the engine.That's a testament to using good fuel and staying on top of your oil changes

 

[turkeybird56]

Most important said for people to read and adhere to: Run top tier fuel and stay on top of oil changes: not go 7500 or 10000 miles and definitely disregard silly oil % meter. All IMHO.

Mileage directed to gas motors, diesels may be done differently as U talking different stuff like regens and fuel dilution.

 

[EdGs]

Actually those aren't bad for 200K,i've seen chambers and ports in far worse shape then yours with only 80,000 miles on the engine.That's a testament to using good fuel and staying on top of your oil changes

That's wild, because I run 87 almost exclusively, and was changing oil by the OCI up til now, so I guess I was extremely lucky.

Also, less than 9% idle time.

Gonna run RedLine for my first full change, and better gas as well. As well as shorter intervals for oil changes from here out.

 

[QwikKota]

Kudos to all the elbow grease.

 

[EdGs]

Well, I feel so incredibly stupid. I had a few day delay in cleaning of my heads, and I got sidetracked and left them submerged in the rinse water for a couple days.

At first I thought it started to rust the valve guides and seats, but that was leftover oil residue and some hard water residues and such. I was able to clean it up and oil the valve guides and seats.

So, I started in cleaning the untouched head.

Used up the last of the brakleen I had, and then it occured to me, "Dumba$$, why don't you use some gasoline to clean up the heads?" The gas worked about as well as the brakleen did, except I will still use some brakleen to rinse things off before the head reassembly.

See what I mean about Ed luck? I take the long way around the lake. I get there eventually....lol.

So, not much going on except cleaning, gonna get a few extra gallons of gas so i can give the heads a good last soak. I will have to dispose of the dirty gas with the county, but I have a bunch of used coolant and other stuff I can take there with.

Sorry for the very slow progress, stay tuned.

 

[EdGs]

Ok, since I had some time, I removed the throttle body, fuel rails, SRV, and pcv valve.

There is some internal stuff to the SRV. Anything I need to worry about while cleaning?


Also a sensor, related to the srv? Does it come out? Didn't want to break something.

TIA