Removing cylinder head 2l cu Aircooled.

[3pintsNige]

Trying to remove the cylinder head from my engine. The engine has been removed from my van, removed all the cylinder head nuts but am having trouble separating the head from the cylinders. Does anyone any ways of doing this with out damaging the cylinders.

[bigherb]

Have you removed the deflector plate under the cylinders?

[3pintsNige]

yes.

[bigherb]

Then it is a case of levering only at the root of the cooling fins of the cylinders, they are usually just stuck with hardened carbon from leaking combustion gases.

[3pintsNige]

Then it is a case of levering only at the root of the cooling fins of the cylinders, they are usually just stuck with hardened carbon from leaking combustion gases.

Cheers that worked, carbon everywhere.

[kevtherev]

Nige put that picture up of the valves...or what's left of them

[3pintsNige]

Here you go