HELP - Head removal!

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   What he means is if water is getting into a combustion chamber it raises the comp ratio and the moisture in the fuel/air mix causes a steam when the fuel/air mix is combusted. That action blasts the carbon of the surfaces in the combustion chamber.
Some used that trick to clean carbon out of an engine by running the engine about half the rated rpm and pouring water into the carb. That would usually cause the engine to stall out and at the same time blow the carbon out of the cylinders. Of course you had to pour the water in slow enough to just load the engine down. If you pour to much in you could bend some rods or do other damage. 

I suggest you don't try that old trick.

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Carlsjeep Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 15 Jan. 2011 Location: Taylorsville Ky Status: Offline Points: 2642	Post Options Post Reply Quote Carlsjeep Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Aug. 2012 at 12:58am
	What he means is if water is getting into a combustion chamber it raises the comp ratio and the moisture in the fuel/air mix causes a steam when the fuel/air mix is combusted. That action blasts the carbon of the surfaces in the combustion chamber. Some used that trick to clean carbon out of an engine by running the engine about half the rated rpm and pouring water into the carb. That would usually cause the engine to stall out and at the same time blow the carbon out of the cylinders. Of course you had to pour the water in slow enough to just load the engine down. If you pour to much in you could bend some rods or do other damage. I suggest you don't try that old trick.
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Dirtmonkey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 13 Nov. 2007 Location: McKinney, Texas Status: Offline Points: 601	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dirtmonkey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Aug. 2012 at 1:28am
	Ya, dont think I will... Plus, I have the head off and can get to it all. Does look like there was water seeping in as the sides of the cylinder 1 & 4 had water drip lines along the top edges, but not bad, so looks like I caught it in time before it caused damage.
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