cbrf3
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I suppose this was not directed towards me but could apply. Sort of a pain and have to replace gaskets to get to both valve covers on this guy. Way back in this thread someone asked if we were going to open it back up and I thought many might be interested to see the affects after all the short oil changes with full synthetics from Pennzoil, M-1, Castrol, and Semi Chevron. Most were bought very cheaply but seems to reinforce the fact that they cannot clean but were just carriers moving the basically loose debris.I'd think you'd need to do Kreen + a toothbrush to scrub that stuff off, that lacquer is difficult to remove, flow with it mixed into the oil isn't going to touch it, as you discovered.
The plan after the Castrol Edge was to use some M1-0-40 we have. Maybe the site sponsor would be willing to send us some HPL EC? We could run it with the Edge for another 4k miles and we will open the valve covers back up and post the pictures.