I finally got my engine case for my sons 1987 suzuki 125. We are rebuilding the engine and the old cases were messed up so I ordered new ones and had a friend of mine strip them so we could re-paint them. When he brought them back to me we noticed that on top of the engine case, toward the back of the cylinder hole, there are what look to be a couple porting channels that come up to meet the top end. It looks like someone has put some sort of compound in these channels to try and block them or at least partially block them. Has anyone ever heard of doing this or know why someone would do it? Is it OK for me to take this stuff out? Also, what are these channels I am referring to? Whaat are they for? I f I can figure out how to post a pic I will.