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shaefer · 10-14-2016, 11:58 AM

Ha, sorry for the confusion. "Clean out heads without removal" - No no no no no. Definitely not trying to take a short cut like that. No.

Someone did work on the heads and the cylinders, and I learned that they were using WD40 as a way to "rinse out" the cruddy carbony stuff and then suck out the mixture out with a shop vac. Before I lost my cool, I wanted to check and see whether there was any harm done (other than the stickiness that has been noted, and that seems apparent).

I couldn't think of any reason why WD40 alone would do any harm to a combustion chamber, but I'd never heard of it being used like that before.

Any recs on what will clean the WD40 off the heads/cylinders while I've got everything opened up?

I'm at least glad I came here to ask (and sorry for that confusion).

10-14-2016, 11:58 AM	#10
shaefer Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Georgia Posts: 23	Re: Use WD40 to suspend crud in cylinders for removal Ha, sorry for the confusion. "Clean out heads without removal" - No no no no no. Definitely not trying to take a short cut like that. No. Someone did work on the heads and the cylinders, and I learned that they were using WD40 as a way to "rinse out" the cruddy carbony stuff and then suck out the mixture out with a shop vac. Before I lost my cool, I wanted to check and see whether there was any harm done (other than the stickiness that has been noted, and that seems apparent). I couldn't think of any reason why WD40 alone would do any harm to a combustion chamber, but I'd never heard of it being used like that before. Any recs on what will clean the WD40 off the heads/cylinders while I've got everything opened up? I'm at least glad I came here to ask (and sorry for that confusion). __________________ I was born in 1982 and in 1989 my father found the perfect '31 Cabriolet. In 1997 he finally bought it and it became our favorite thing to do together. While my friends were buying Playstations and XBoxs, I was saving up for a muffler. 9 years later, while their game systems were gathering dust, I was picking my wife up for our first date in that car. I drive it to this day and I hope to keep it up so my son can enjoy it just the same. That's the joy of a Model A!