After chasing an oil leak from an oil cooler seal, i got bored so i thought i'd clean up my engine which i have never stripped down since owning.
I found a bit of carbon build up on my pistons (a couple of millimeters thick!) and heads, and would like to remove it to check for damage so what is
the best, safest way without paying someone to do it? Valves will still be attached to the heads.
I've read oven cleaner, diesel, carb cleaner, brake cleaner, metho, etc, but will any of these damage the parts? I've also attached pics so if you
see anything unusal in them let me know.
Cylinder 3 & 4 head
Piston 3
Piston 4
Pushrods - notice on 2nd from left there is a mark, this can be felt when i run my finger across it. What could this be from and should i repalce
them?
if your not getting a valve grind etc DONT clean any thing.
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you can clean it with a piece of alluminium sheet nuthing to hard so u dont scratch the surfaces
good way to raise the compression, filling the head with carbon and baked on crap 
put on some new aftermarket heads while it's apart, great chance to play with it! The pushrod looks like it's been rubbing
somewhere, maybe one of the pushrod tubes was bent for a while, or it was off its rocker and rolling about in there for a while (or maybe on a
previous motor.. these things have chequered and interesting pasts). Worth replacing if you plan on reiability, depends on how deep the mark is and
how hard you're pushing the rods... I'd replace it.
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Fair enough. I just thought a build-up of carbon in various areas may have affected my motor.
So in other words pistons, cylinders and heads must be all recondtioned together?
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