Cleaning cylinder head

[mad-driver]

Hi guys

what can i use to clean a cylinder head i have? It isnt on my car, its a 1300 SR head i think and is a bit dirty. Obviously not inside but what can i do to get the outside cleaner?

Also are the exhaust ports on a 1300 and 1400 head the same shape?

cheers

[S_Gault]

I degrease them in the cleaning tank then strip them and bead blast them.

exhaust ports are the same

[Stuart]

be V careful to avoid the ports/valve seats/combustion chamber though ;)

i have a totally fcuked head that someone kindly shot blasted all over lol

[mad-driver]

yea i have wiped all the crap off the outside but i dint wanna go near the ports as i feared i may knackered something lol

[S_Gault]

they used thw wrong kind of shot then!

i said bead blast... that means glass beads, same as any other cylinder head place that knows their salt

[mad-driver]

is there no way i can clean it adequately myself? i dunno if u can pressure washer them i have been told but im i dunno

only the head can go on when its clean and all, but i dont have lots of money to throw at someone to clean it for me

[-tucny-]

steam clean it!

[Aragorn]

pop into your local machining engine shop and ask em

they'll prolly shove it in their cleaning tank for nowt and dip it or bead blast it for not much money

or u could bung it in the dishwasher, but i dunno how dishwasher tablets/powder would like the alloy its made from, might eat into it or summat so wait for other replys before going ahead with that one :P