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[EMD]

Cork rocker gasket removal that's gone hard and welded
itself to the head  What will soften it so it can be removed 

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Not based on any personal experience, sadly, but surely left in some hot water for a period of hours/overnight would help / cant hurt?

[EMD]

Ah i should of explained that a bit better dbg , the gasket is still on the
engine around the cam .. the actual covers is off and clean .

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Ahh booger. Slightly more faff immersing your whole car in hot water. 

I'd imaging a carefully sharpened paint scraper, or similar (I'm sure you can actually buy flat blades specifically for scraping off things, but forget their names, BnQ will sell therm)

Maybe even something like a cheap n cheerful Rolson/other paint scraper, ie: made from cheap n nasty soft metal that won't mess up the mating surface of the cyl head...

[Mister Rog]

Damn ! I thought this was going to be about the pros and cons of cork Vs screw caps on wine bottles   

Oh well . . .

[Nick W]

shave it off with a honed wood-chisel.
You don't need a good quality chisel for this, and you definitely don't want to let anyone see you using a good one for it
This is what Poundland is for.

[EMD]

Tried a scraper but the cork is rock hard    Had to fight it to get the
cover off   . Will try the chisel cheers nick .

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I knew that a sharpened scraper had a technical name.... 'chiz-ull' 

[05omegav6]

Tried a scraper but the cork is rock hard    Had to fight it to get the
cover off   . Will try the chisel cheers nick .

Try harder