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Trigger:
You can take the valve stem seals out with long nose pliers . Sand in the head? you should of got it soda blasted. Now you must get every grain out. A couple of grains stuck in a oil way will destroy a bottom end.
bomber:
There was a sand in the cylinder block, stuck to the studs, when I was lifting it it got loose and went in...
The whole block was painted silver at some point, whoever did it couldn't be bother to clean sand and other carp beforehand.
--- Quote from: trigger6969 on March 04, 2014, 10:45:23 PM ---You can take the valve stem seals out with long nose pliers . Sand in the head? you should of got it soda blasted. Now you must get every grain out. A couple of grains stuck in a oil way will destroy a bottom end.
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Trigger:
You should always clean a engine before working on it. Unless you intend to do a full strip and rebuild.
bomber:
Sadly, I have no space to take engine of the bike, I guess I'm learning the hard way...
--- Quote from: trigger6969 on March 04, 2014, 11:10:49 PM ---You should always clean a engine before working on it. Unless you intend to do a full strip and rebuild.
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Trigger:
Yes Bomber, but at least your learning.
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