i recently pulled the valve cover off my b18c5 and its BLACK WITH SLUDGE, the entire valvetrain and head is black inside, is there somethin i can use to clean it out? any kind of solvent i can use? then drain the pan when im done? or is there anything i can run through the motor to clean it? it wipes off fairly easily.

its black because i had a PCV system problem and it made the motor pretty dirty.

 

Seafoam. Use the search function to learn more.

 

Many people over at BITOG seem to be fond of Auto-Rx, also.

 

Kerosene will work well too.

Than put it back on and put some Gunk motor flush. Use Gunk for the next few oil changes.

 

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i search all the time, but i had no idea seafoam will clean that out. ill give it a shot thanks