I have been given some 36hp engine cases. They have slight oxidisation on the top from being stored for years. Whats the best way to clean them up.
Thanks Rob...
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Mr Muscle oven cleaner.
pretty drastic but with practice gives an amazing finish.
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tassupervee wrote:Mr Muscle oven cleaner.
pretty caustic but with practice gives an amazing finish.
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edit "caustic" or is it an acid... no caustic i think. :thumbsup
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I used a Cem-tec alluminuim cleaner.. its dirty, its messy and its not good for you if you drink it :P .. but beleive me it can make a VW engine case look good.. i had a really badly oxidised case outside and full of oil inside.. the stuff made light work of the lot. i give it 14 thumbs up.
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helterskelter400 wrote:tassupervee wrote:Mr Muscle oven cleaner.
pretty caustic but with practice gives an amazing finish.
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edit "caustic" or is it an acid... no caustic i think. :thumbsup
Hahahahahahahahaha nah its "drastic" but yer it is a caustic product!.
It brings the cases back to better than new.
It will remove all the brown baked on oil scum and so-on. Cheap, easy to get and does a fantastic job.
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Im not a complete idiot, quite a few parts are missing....
Sounds good any more!
Rob...
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dont use easy off oven cleaner ,turned my ally fan housing to shit,:beer
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
toplessbug wrote:dont use easy off oven cleaner ,turned my ally fan housing to shit,:beer
Errrrrrrr ....yeeeahhh I should have mentioned as well that this stuff (oven cleaner) is only useful on raw cast ally finish.
Anything like a mill finish or polished will be ruined......realllllly quickly!
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Im not a complete idiot, quite a few parts are missing....
What is the 'TSV' method?
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oven cleaner on
oven cleaner off
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tassupervee wrote:toplessbug wrote:dont use easy off oven cleaner ,turned my ally fan housing to shit,:beer
Errrrrrrr ....yeeeahhh I should have mentioned as well that this stuff (oven cleaner) is only useful on raw cast ally finish.
Anything like a mill finish or polished will be ruined......realllllly quickly!
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Anthing that is caustic based will turn shiny stuff to crap.
Anyone thinking about an acid bath beware...case goes in sludge comes out.
There's a product called carbo-solve..the carbo is for carbon. It's a product used specifically for aluminium products. Probably not recommended for home use but if you can find someone who has it, it brings cases up like new.
Otherwise I've used degreaser and a water blaster...then a good clean in a kero bath to get rid of the water.
Agree with degreaser and a brush (and gloves and glasses for teh splashing).
Stan, wheres the notch? haven't seen it in a while!
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Rob...
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Haven't recieved any from you Rob
Triple K,
Basically spray it on, scrub it with a stiff bristle brush and hose it off!
Id suggest you test it out on the bottom of the sump to "get a feel" for it.
Its wise to wire brush off/degrease the oily gunge and so-on before you get into it with the oven cleaner.
It will bring the cases back to new but if you do one part, say a lot longer than the rest it tends to leave a mark.
Have fun.
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Im not a complete idiot, quite a few parts are missing....
Cheers mate,
always good to read of someone elses learnings
kkk
tassupervee wrote:Triple K,
Basically spray it on, scrub it with a stiff bristle brush and hose it off!
Id suggest you test it out on the bottom of the sump to "get a feel" for it.
Its wise to wire brush off/degrease the oily gunge and so-on before you get into it with the oven cleaner.
It will bring the cases back to new but if you do one part, say a lot longer than the rest it tends to leave a mark.
Have fun.
l8tr
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Easy as M8
Good luck widdit!
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I cleaned my gear box to day with 50 % brick cleaning acid & 50 % peroxide , it made lots of smoke and spat shit all over the place .
True I go and take a photo now and show you its clean
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on the subject of cases- what about welding the mag ones?
repairing cracked oil gallery????
Throw it away , its not worth the pain
&
buy a subaru
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