valve job question

[William T Wilson]

On Sun, 2 May 1999, Shannen Durphey wrote:

> > Cleaning the carbon deposits off of the piston isn't really all that
> > important because they just come right back when the engine runs the next
> > time.
>
> Sounds like a tire shop I went to once.  "No need to clean the mud off
> the wheel before we balance it.  It just gets muddy again anyway."

Heh.  No, that's different, because the carbon deposits don't affect the
operation of the engine.  Really.  Unless there's so much of it that it
causes dieseling.

My suggestion is more akin to saying "no need to clean the mud off the
wheel before you rotate the tires."

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