[MikkiJayne]

4 hours of cleaning...

I pulled the oil cooler housing off. The plastic pipe had already cracked. That's getting replaced with an aluminium one.



Yeuch





I really don't know why these engines collect sand between the inlet manifold and the head. They all have it, and one has to be extremely careful when taking the manifold off to not get any down the inlet ports



Flange cleaned up and the inlet ports protected



There was evidence of coolant leakage down the back of the block so I pulled the water pipes off the back of the heads. Just as well I did since one o-ring had turned to fluff and the other was already leaking.





Cleaned up the valley



Breather cover removed - the gasket on this is the source of all the gunge in the valley and also all the oil down the back of the block. There's a little drain hole on the left of the pic where everything that leaks from here escapes down in to the bellhousing



More grub





2 gallons of degreaser later...