Re: piston carbon cleaning

[Gary Pavlovich <glpavlovich@xxxxxxx>]

Scraping the carbon from the pistons while still in the motor deposits 
abrasive materials in the ring lands and degrades the rings and cylinder 
walls.

Out of the engine is no problem but this is done when rebuilding the motor.
Gary Pavlovich
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim" <jimfmd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: piston carbon cleaning


> Dont remove the carbon from the pistons.
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> From what i recall many years ago, if you did this the motor started using 
> oil.
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> I dont know why, but this was something we never did when removing the 
> heads for any reason.
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> Jim
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> From: "SB" <polecat2@xxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:04 PM
> Subject: piston carbon cleaning
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> > I took the heads off of a 318 that's still in the car, and want to clean
> > the carbon off the piston tops.  What's the best way to do this?
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