drcomanche Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 I will have to add a picture later to accompany this, but my description may suffice for most. Now, I went to the parts store and happened to get a valve cover gasket while I was there, since mine has been leaking a bit. Got back to the house to change it and took the cover off. What I'm looking at looks like a jumbled mess of mud stuck everywhere under it. I literally, I mean LITERALLY, have inches of burned up oil crowding everything under the valve cover. It looks like a disaster in there. I don't know what this may mean, or how to clean it, any suggestions?
Eagle Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 Mostly it means the previous owner(s) probably never changed the oil, and did a lot of low-speed, local driving. Start cleaning with a narrow putty knife and a shop vacuum. You need to keep the vacuum running so whatever you scrape loose gets sucked up rather than fall into the oil passages. Or ... pull the head and send it to a shop to be hot tanked.
drcomanche Posted September 22, 2012 Author Posted September 22, 2012 Here is a reference for it. I ended up just scraping it off with a shop vac handy. Any time something fell into the channels, I used my fingers to narrow the air flow and sucked it all out. It's amazing what people are too lazy to do on vehicles nowadays.
ftpiercecracker1 Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Yup, that aint to pertty, but far from the worst that i've seen. And if it looks that bad up top, i would be scared to see whats in your oil pan. I would bet the creature from the Black Lagoon wouldnt even go near it. :rotf:
drcomanche Posted September 23, 2012 Author Posted September 23, 2012 Yup, that aint to pertty, but far from the worst that i've seen. And if it looks that bad up top, i would be scared to see whats in your oil pan. I would bet the creature from the Black Lagoon wouldnt even go near it. :rotf: Very true... :yes:
Jeep Driver Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Cleanliness is next to godliness...........so they say.
jimoshel Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Looks like my skillet after I've fried a couple eggs for breakfast.
ParadiseMJ Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Looks like my skillet after I've fried a couple eggs for breakfast. You need a new frying pan!!
Automan2164 Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 With the head looking like that, I would pull the pan and clean that out while you are at it. Rob
Rymanrph Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 I bought a YJ like that once. I knew there was a problem when oil started blowing out of the dip stick. I scraped and vac'd what I could, cleaned out the oil pan, ran a light engine flush and then changed the oil several times.
mountainman Posted September 25, 2012 Posted September 25, 2012 You need a new frying pan!! NOPE. especially not if its cast iron. its perfect. :) You only throw out teflon coated pans so you can skip cancer and get some nice vintage cast iron ones. Food tastes better in em anyways. :D
ftpiercecracker1 Posted September 25, 2012 Posted September 25, 2012 NOPE. especially not if its cast iron. its perfect. :) You only throw out teflon coated pans so you can skip cancer and get some nice vintage cast iron ones. Food tastes better in em anyways. :D :agree: :clapping: amen to that brother!
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