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Old 07-31-2014, 12:02 AM   #3 (permalink)
California98Civic
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That's surprising and great advice, thanks as always. It means I have to set them all, which is fine. How would you go about cleaning all the grime and caked carbon? I figure a little gentle manual scraping followed by a solvent on the inside of the valve cover but NOT on the valves and lifters because the solvent would get into the oil and such... maybe a plastic scrubbie could be used on the valve arms?
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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