I'm pulling the engine apart at the moment and want to know what everyone else does to clean all there parts.
I'm currently using a can of degreaser and spray and wiping with limited success. Does anyone set up a bath or the like and what products do you use?
PurpleT3 ·
Heavy duty oven cleaner works a treat on all the steel parts. I also used odourless oven cleaner on the case. You have to be careful though becasue anything alkaline will attack aluminium alloy leaving it grey. Otherwise I would suggest buying a 4L bottle of solvent degreaser from your local hardward store and some small brushes. Then just soak and scrub, soak and scrub.
There was a recent post about wet bead blasting the case to get it looking like new.
VWCOOL ·
wipe all with newspaper to get rid of the gunky stuff. Then Kero and a brush
Menangler ·
Petrol and a stiff brush to remove the bad stuff, then the cheap $2 spray cans of degreaser, then wash off in water, with the hose or the pressure cleaner.
I usually then bead blast the tinware and repaint with black paint from a spray can.
Takes a full day at least to clean most engines for a rebuild. Its no fun either:o