I thought this **** would come off easy breezy. Block was hot tanked and its basically all still there, so just now I tried grabbing a razor scrapper and they just sucks *****, very slow and doesnt take out any material and always catches on the aluminum

What methods are there to get off these gaskets

I figured the F/I forum would be a good place to ask since everyone seems to be popping gaskets lol

Any solvents or anything that would help...

 

bump for preferred methods that dont take 18 hours

 

Head gasket on the deck??

Take some very very fine grit sand paper and go to work. You don't have to go crazy, just till you get the material off. Should only take a couple minutes

 

What grit? Using like 300 isnt gonna do **** on a MLS headgasket

 

there is metal gasket stuck to your head?! i doubt that. You sure its not fiber gasket or something?

 

This isnt my motor, I just bought the block, block was hottanked and machined and sent to me. Has left over black headgasket thats a pain to get off and I wanna take it off effectively

I just painted it, BRIGHT GOLD!!

Just for ***** I guess

 

you can get a wizzer whell , with the cookies they work good , or maybe try a green srcubby pad or even steel wool ,

 

This is my buddies block after I got done sanding it... not 300 grit... I forgot what I used, just nothing that would score the surface of the deck. And yes it had left over black **** caked on the deck.

 

wow that looks good man maybe like 800 grit ???

 

It was 1000 grit.... just asked my buddy. takes some time to get it all off... but you don't have to go crazy.

 

sweet , iam going to use that on my block

 

I know permatex sells gasket remover spray that worked pretty good for me..
Spray on let it sit and scrape off..

 

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i would at leat use it with a sanding block. the last thing you want are low spots.

 

thats why Im scared of sanding it, 1000 grit though? No chance im sitting here for that long, 1000 grit is smoother than my ***

Ill check for a gasket removal spray

 

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Haha.

 

when i shop machines a block and hot tanks it, that **** comes off

and they should have checked the block for the surface to be all level and straight
they should had cleaned that.
i say take it back to them and have them clean it

i wouldnt sand it and have low spots and nasty groves on it

honestly , the chances of messing something up are good, if u are looking on hondatech an answer of how to take that stuff off...

just like they did to my block and as u can see it was machined



Modified by USDM 4G VTEC at 5:17 PM 2/12/2005

 

I just scraped mine very gently with a razor blade. It was cold out, and it took forever, but I figured it was better than having to pull the head again.

 

i use one of those scrubbing things that attach to a drill that you can find in the paint section at autozone...not sure what its called...done a few heads and blocks with it without any problems at all...on the tougher spots i scratch it up a little with a scraper and then use the drill thingy on it...i even stay at some spots for much longer than other spots and it didnt seem to affect a thing...it really cleans off the block real good you can see all the imperfections afterwards...

 

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word they have these little hard rubber brush things u can clean it with

sandpaper...

 

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word they have these little hard rubber brush things u can clean it with

sandpaper... </TD></TR></TABLE>

its not really sand paper...i been using the same one for years...i guess its more like a scots brite pad type material...

 

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Spray on let it sit and scrape off..</TD></TR></TABLE>

that stuff kicks ***.

 

have a brand name for it?

 

Permatex gasket remover spray..... just a guess

 

And its alright for this **** to get into my coolant passages in **** or should I clean the block hard again after spraying and removing the gasket

 

yeah, id clean it again, it is basically aerosol aircraft stripper.