Originally Posted by
wannarace
So pulling the heat sink off is not recommended??? It looks simple (4 screws) however I never done it and not sure if its advisable to do...sorry for sounding noob, but I am and like to go about things correctly.
You can pull the cooling head without a problem. Depending on your motor it will either have a head button that is separate from the cooling head, or the head button will be part of the cooling head. Most motors have the head button that is separate from the cooling head. The head button is what the glow plug screws into. For cleaning the head button your shouldn't really have to take the head button off. But I guess if you want to do a very good job cleaning. If you do take the head button off, make sure you don't lose the shims that be on the underside on head button. Most motors do have shims, but there are some lower quality motors that don't have any.