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jeulberg@comcast.net

Apr 7, 2007, 11:56 AM

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I have a 97 Eagle Talon that needs a new head gasket. I can't seem to get the old gasket material cleaned off the heads without scratching them. The car doesn't have that many miles and I'm not planning to do a complete rebuild or grind the valves, so I don't really want to take the heads to get machined. Any suggestions?


DanD
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Apr 8, 2007, 4:46 AM

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Re: Cleaning an Aluminum head Sign In

On the stubborn gaskets I’ve used a couple of different methods to remove it or a combination of both.
One is with an aerosol spray that will soften the gasket material like this stuff.



The other being an old fashioned razor blade paint scraper; like this one.


Take you time; like your fears you don’t want to mar the cylinder head’s mating surface.
Dan.

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