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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / May 2006

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glass beads fell out of head into cylinders!!!

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lolo - 28 May 2006 15:44 GMT
Well I got my cylinder head back from the machine shop on friday, and
went to put in on top of the block, but never actually set it on the
block, just kinda hovered it over it.  Then decided I needed to do a
coupla things first, so I took the head away from the engine, and what
do I see??  The flapping head dumped some glass beads down my two of my
cylinders! I got most of them out with a rag with oil on it, but????

What precautions should I take, if any?  Everything is together so the
chances of any beads getting into bearings is small, but how small?
Should I take the head back to the machine shop and have them clean it
again?  Am I paranoid?  Do I need to take all the pistons back out, or
will that just double the chances of a bead getting on a bearing
surface?

I actually haven't plastigaged the rod bearings yet, so it wouldn't be
a HUGE hassle.....

it makes no difference, but this is on a 1990 240 dl wagon

thanks!
Chas Hurst - 28 May 2006 15:54 GMT
> Well I got my cylinder head back from the machine shop on friday, and
> went to put in on top of the block, but never actually set it on the
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>
> thanks!

You're not paranoid. Those beads can be very abrasive, especially when
broken. And the valve guides in the head are likely contaminated also.
Take the head back to the shop and get it disassembled, cleaned and
reassembled. If they balk, take it elsewhere and pay for it.
This is the very reason I use a shop that uses a water based chemical
cleaner.
lolo - 28 May 2006 16:15 GMT
Mike Romain - 28 May 2006 17:43 GMT
I would be after the ones in the cylinders with a vacuum cleaner....

Mike
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> Well I got my cylinder head back from the machine shop on friday, and
> went to put in on top of the block, but never actually set it on the
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>
> thanks!
 
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