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| posted on May 4th, 2006 at 06:19 PM |
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Cleaning engine cases
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.
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| posted on May 4th, 2006 at 09:21 PM |
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Mr Muscle oven cleaner.
pretty drastic but with practice gives an amazing finish.
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| posted on May 4th, 2006 at 09:28 PM |
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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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| posted on May 4th, 2006 at 09:52 PM |
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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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| posted on May 5th, 2006 at 07:27 PM |
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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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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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| posted on May 17th, 2006 at 06:02 AM |
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Sounds good any more!
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| posted on May 17th, 2006 at 07:42 AM |
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dont use easy off oven cleaner ,turned my ally fan housing to shit,:beer
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| posted on May 17th, 2006 at 06:36 PM |
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dont use easy off oven cleaner ,turned my ally fan housing to shit,:beer
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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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| posted on May 17th, 2006 at 07:12 PM |
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What is the 'TSV' method?
I am about to do this and want to learn sensei! :vader
oven cleaner on
oven cleaner off
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dont use easy off oven cleaner ,turned my ally fan housing to shit,:beer
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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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living or dead, is unintentional and coincidental; dry clean only; do not bend, fold, or mutilate; anchovies or jalapenos added to this disclaimer
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| posted on May 18th, 2006 at 07:29 AM |
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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.
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| posted on May 18th, 2006 at 07:37 AM |
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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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| posted on May 18th, 2006 at 08:37 PM |
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Hey Stanley
You checkin your u2u's...?
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| posted on May 19th, 2006 at 06:33 AM |
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Haven't recieved any from you Rob
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| posted on May 20th, 2006 at 10:41 AM |
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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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| posted on May 20th, 2006 at 11:15 AM |
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Cheers mate,
always good to read of someone elses learnings
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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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| posted on May 21st, 2006 at 09:36 PM |
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Easy as M8
Good luck widdit!
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| posted on May 21st, 2006 at 10:15 PM |
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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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| posted on May 21st, 2006 at 10:21 PM |
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on the subject of cases- what about welding the mag ones?
repairing cracked oil gallery????
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| posted on May 22nd, 2006 at 08:47 PM |
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Throw it away , its not worth the pain
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buy a subaru
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