Damn, I wondered where penski was, I wanted to know how his shuv was going. There's plenty of other forums to find him on though. As Mr Newman says I was doing so work on the manta today in a rare burst of proactive-ness.
I got the head and cam carrier off which are two seperate parts on this engine, not something I've seen before. I've got a spare head which is replacing the one thats on there as there's a stripped spark plug socket on the old on. Everything came off quite easily apart from a tight exhaust manifold bolt and the head was stuck on quite hard once the bolts were out. Certainly not like working on a Peugeot
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When we got the head off though we found some weird orange gunk in one of the cylinders. Not sure what it is though, my neighbour/advisor thought maybe old petrol, not sure though. Any ideas?
Here it is with the cam carrier off.
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And with the head off, note the gunk.
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