You might warm the valve covers up and use a mild oven cleaner....used
to do that on aluminum Corvair covers
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Bill Pitz <bill@pitz.net> wrote:
>
> jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>>
>> Heh! Don't feel too bad - I was stumped at first too, until I
>> realized that they were referring to the valve covers as "cylinder
>> head covers". :-) (My guess is that the technical writers are in a
>> secret competition with the design engineers to frustrate shadetree
>> mechanics - since they can't invent special tools like the engineers,
>> they are stuck with dreaming up new names for common engine parts.) :-)
>
> Yeah -- I guess I should have looked for the pretty pictures instead of the names :-)
>
> So now two other questions:
>
> 1. Any suggestions on what to use to clean the valve covers without damaging them? There's a warning about not using any "harsh cleaners."
>
> 2. Any tips/suggestions on draining just the required amount of coolant without draining everything or spilling coolant all over my truck and garage?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Bill
>
--"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."
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