Cleaning a 16V head/Used cam install..

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Well my never installed 16V head arrived in the mail today (Thanks 
EBay)(heavy SOB) and I have some questions on cleaning it. It sat exposed on 
a dealers shelf for a couple of years so there is quite a bit of muck and 
dirt mixed with a thin coat of oil on the top. I removed all that I could 
reach with my fingers and needle nose pliers but it is still too ucky to 
install. How do I get rid of this stuff? I dont want to remove the cams now 
although when I get the 2.0 block my Euro intake cam will be installed. The 
oil and coolant channels are pristine so It wouldnt do me any good to flush 
those, but if I just dump oil onto the head it wont remove the dirt..how do I 
do this? Compressed air?
Secondly there are some dings in the surface which meets the valve cover, 
none that run from the inner wall to the outside but deep enough that I am 
concerned, any way to possibly avoid a small oil leak?
When rebuilding small block chevys we used to use a STP clear lube (cant 
remeber the name but it had a cotton ball dabber on the cap) on all the 
friction parts during assembly, should I remove the cams do that since the 
head has been sitting for so long?
Last but not least, I will be putting my Euro intake cam into this head when 
I get the 2.0 block and the headwork is done. The cam will have around 3-4K 
miles on it, is this going to be a problem with a brand new head? Thanks 
all.....


Shannon
"Better to burn out than to fade away"
87 16V w/211,000 mi.

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