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Removing cylinder head 2l cu Aircooled.

Posted: 17 Oct 2015, 17:17
by 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.

Re: Removing cylinder head 2l cu Aircooled.

Posted: 17 Oct 2015, 19:01
by bigherb
Have you removed the deflector plate under the cylinders?

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Re: Removing cylinder head 2l cu Aircooled.

Posted: 17 Oct 2015, 19:23
by 3pintsNige
yes.

Re: Removing cylinder head 2l cu Aircooled.

Posted: 17 Oct 2015, 19:33
by 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.

Re: Removing cylinder head 2l cu Aircooled.

Posted: 18 Oct 2015, 12:05
by 3pintsNige
bigherb wrote: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. :ok

Re: Removing cylinder head 2l cu Aircooled.

Posted: 18 Oct 2015, 18:10
by kevtherev
Nige put that picture up of the valves...or what's left of them

Re: Removing cylinder head 2l cu Aircooled.

Posted: 18 Oct 2015, 19:12
by 3pintsNige
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Here you go