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incarceration June-24th-2017 09:00 PM

Cleaning the tops of the pistons and valves?
 
So I was curious, what the inside of my cylinders looked like. So I bought a cheap $8 endoscope on ebay, and this is what i found:
and

That looks like a LOT of build up.

The car runs fine, again, it's more of a precautionary thing.

My questions are though, what am i risking here, with them in this condition? What should i do to remedy the situation? Do i need to completely remove the heads and scrub them clean (piston heads and valves likely as well?)

Thanks

aussiblue June-27th-2017 08:38 AM

Fairly normal; I would just leave it. You can try RED-X or similar upper cylinder head lubricants as it may clean it up a bit; but don't overuse it as on a modern engine you risk clogging the catalytic convertor.


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