If you do the AutoRx thing, PulMax, I, for one, would be very interested to see another set of removed cam cover pictures posted of the results. Keep in mind that if a chemically loosened glop of this baked-on crud lodges in an oil return passage or clogs the oil pickup screen, your current dismay could rapidly escalate to something much worse. ("I love the smell of a protruding connecting rod in the morning. It smells like ... disaster." -Not Patton)