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Originally Posted by snbush67
Yes, just reuse the valve cover gaskets if they were new.
By flushing out the shmutz (your word) I mean look into the intake and exhaust ports and verify that there isn’t anything in there that shouldn’t be. You can look in to see the valves open and close as you rotate the engine.
Did you have the valves checked when you sent the heads out or only the exhaust studs replaced?
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I misspelled it. Schmutz, meaning dirt and filth. I'm from New York, a lot of Yiddish words somehow made it into my vocabulary. Anyway.
Unfortunately the engine is already fully built up and ready to go back in the car, but popping the intake up wouldn't be too bad. That said I might go with leakdown first before trying disassembly.
The valves and heads were machined when I had the top end rebuild about 10,000 miles ago when my head studs gave out. Unfortunately this was when the shop misaligned the rocker shafts which chewed up the cams which lead to me doing another teardown. Anyway I didn't do anything with the heads and valves this time, just reassembly. Kind of why I'm thinking there might just be some oily dirt or carbon caught in the valve seats now that will blow out once I try to start it up.