Takin Head off!
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Ok well I started pulling stuff off my car to get ready for tuesday, which is when the old motor is giong out and new motor in. So Far I took out the radiator, fans, drained all the fluids, and disconnected w/e electrical I could. All of this was easy with no questions asked (Thanks a Bunch Scott ). So now I was looking at the new head and was wondering, could I spray degreaser on it? Will it damage anything like valves or cams or anything?
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By that do you mean soak it in seafoam like someone suggested in a different post, or do you mean when its running? ( im assuming when its running just making sure). And I just wanted to clean up the outside of it, like the outside "walls", or is that a no no?
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oh you can clean the outside of it.
running seafoam or even just water in the intake while idling will clean the pistons and valves right up.
http://www.miata.net/garage/tsb/s004_93.html
running seafoam or even just water in the intake while idling will clean the pistons and valves right up.
http://www.miata.net/garage/tsb/s004_93.html
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Ok, ill be cleaning the outside of it. and seafoam, ok, I will. Becuase the first hundred miles or so, im gnona be using cheap oil then gonna change to mobile one 10w30.
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Dam.....I need to make you a cake...or something. Im gonna do something for you one of these days : /
Thanks Scott.
Dam.....I need to make you a cake...or something. Im gonna do something for you one of these days : /
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Alrite Cool then. Man...I cant wait til tuesday....Anywho....On the PS pump, theres a wire that plugs on the top of the pump that hooks to a harness that goes on the Throttle body/thermostgat. Is ther a trick to get that nut off....I mean, I just cant get it off. I even treid when i pulled off the pump for more room. still nothing...Is it reverse threaded or anything like that?
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Well, Ryan came and was a BIG help. We got my motor out, got clutch assembly transferd, block in the car w/tranny bolted on. but ran into a little problem. the driver side motor mount wont go on...and even if it did, it would be stressed ALOT. So im tihnking drill a new whole or make that one bigger. what do you guys think?
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oh you can clean the outside of it.
running seafoam or even just water in the intake while idling will clean the pistons and valves right up.
http://www.miata.net/garage/tsb/s004_93.html
running seafoam or even just water in the intake while idling will clean the pistons and valves right up.
http://www.miata.net/garage/tsb/s004_93.html
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the water will instanly vaporize into steam in the combustion chamber. Steam is a great cleaner. Even if it wasn't burned off in the chamber and spit into the exhaust it wont hurt anything...it's water and some detergants.