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I have tried wire brush on a drill press -high speed. This will remove crud. Make sure not to hit stem that enters valve guide.
BUT I would only recommend: Take them to a rebuilding shop for sandblasting. Any decent shop will throw in quick valve inspection and free advice.
Be sure to tag each valve with colored twist ties, tags, etc. Ink might be removed. The shop will have its own I.D. method.
wire wheeling the valves is the best way but scotch bright works good to.
Exhaust valves are always smaller.
The exhaust valves are smaller and lead to the exhaust manifold.
Yes the intake and exhaust valves have to be close.
Trace the runners. You can see the exhaust runners leading to the exhaust valves, and the intake runners leading to the intake valves.
The intake valves are bigger, and lead to the carburetor. the exhaust valves are smaller and lead to the manifolds or headers.
Intake valves are cooled by the gasses passing through them, exhaust valves are heated by the gasses passing through them and can be burned by overheating.
The intake valves line up with the intake runners on the intake manifold. The exhaust valves line up with the exhaust runners on the exhaust manifold or headers. With #1 at tdc you can set 1,2,5,7 intake and 1,3,4,8 exhaust valves. Rotate the engine one revolution to #6 tdc and set the remaining valves.
The intake valves are in the intake ports, the exhaust valves are in the exhaust ports.
A d16z6 has 16 valves 8 intake and 8 exhaust valves.
There are two types of valves in an engine. The valves are located in the head. There are exhaust valves and fuel intake valves
if it is just a blown exhaust manifold gasket it can ruin your valves, so replace it correctly and make sure everything is clean before putting on the new gasket