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  • Gasket tips?

    Hiya.

    A few months ago I popped my surf cherry by doing a head replacement. The cuts and scars have barely healed and now the water pump has gone. Now I'm a seasoned expert (!), I got everything out in an hour but the state of the gasket surface has taken me four hours to clean up.

    There has to be a better way!

    I used a Stanley blade, some oven cleaner and a steamer. It was slow and painful. Got there in the end but I can't help feeling I'm missing a trick.
    Last edited by Esilvester; 1 March 2012, 22:12.

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    I've seen people use a wire wheel in an angle grinder.

    I prefer a good bearing scraper.

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    • #3
      Doing the head on a 2.4 and not replacing the water pump was stupidity.

      Water pump gasket faces don't have to be clinically clean, just clean them with a scraper and use blue hylomar to seal it up.
      Do you know that, with a 50 character limit, it's

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      • #4
        I prefer - 'ignorance'....
        Last edited by Esilvester; 1 March 2012, 22:41.

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        • #5
          That was my job for 6 months,8hrs a day,5 days a week,scrapeing bearings god it was soul destroying but i can still do a mean bearing.

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          • #6
            Thanks chaps. I'll look into getting one for next time.

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