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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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couple of engine questions

hey guys got some more question. i just took the heads of my motor and i noticed a couple of my exhaust valves are white, what would cause this, and is this bad? also what should the top of the pistons look like?mine look kind of a charred black color and seems to be some stuff flaking off them kinda like a cripsy sooty chip or flake not metal or anything.
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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Those sound like fairly normal combustion chamber deposits.
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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The ones with white exh valves are a bit leaner than the others
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Old Jun 15, 2006 | 02:11 PM
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oh ok as long as everything sounds normal then im happy how would you go about making those other sections richer or is that basically something to live with.
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