Cleaning Engine Parts, what do you guys use? Options

[redshift]

QUOTE (Eric_Shea @ Feb 4 2005, 05:53 PM)

Finally made it to page #314 Miles? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

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A friend here (Sav) from Boston seems to be an old buddy of our club member Rob Barber.

My way of sayin' hi.


M

[SirAndy]

QUOTE (rhcb914 @ Dec 3 2004, 06:53 AM)

I am wondering what people use to clean their engine parts with

brake cleaner ...

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) Andy

[SpecialK]

QUOTE (Kerrys914 @ Dec 3 2004, 10:40 AM)

Good info.. Now a twist How would you clean a longblock (no intake) that have nothing in th eintakes but rags? How can I seal the intakes to allow me to use a pressure washer? FYI the engine is out of the car and loooking not so purty (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif) Cheers

How about using your intakes as patterns and making some block-off plates out of steel, alum, MDF, or whatever relatively rigid material you have readily available. Throw a little sealant between the plate and the head for good measure.

[Mark Henry]

I would never pressure wash an engine unless you can start it right away...even then I still wouldn't do it.

Pressure washers can lift valve covers, oil breathers and even blow past seals.

Little story...A customer needed a cheap engine...another customer's friend had an engine (suppose to have been rebuilt) that he had bought at the swaps for $1200Can. He said $800 so I said bring it over and we'll check it out. It look real nice and clean, put it on a test stand, turned it over and water shot out the plug holes (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

The guy almost (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif)

Paid him $100 for the core.

[Elliot_Cannon]

I like to use lots and lots of carb cleaner. If you use it long enough in an enclosed room it's possible to flash back to 1965. (Or so they say).
Cheers, Elliot

[matt_o_70]

for surprisingly little money ~$20 most machine shops will clean anything you bring them in their professional hot washing machines..
Worth every penny and much better for your health and the environment.

[scruz914]

QUOTE (matt_o_70 @ Feb 4 2005, 09:58 PM)

for surprisingly little money ~$20 most machine shops will clean anything you bring them in their professional hot washing machines.. Worth every penny and much better for your health and the environment.

I just had a great experience with a local auto repair shop, Rusty's Honda and Mazda Repair in Santa Cruz. After breathing way too many solvent fumes while cleaning the engine tin I decided to see if I could avoid more fumes and get someone to clean the fan housing. I was looking for a machine shop that could dunk the thing into their tank. Well, to make a long story longer, I could not find the machine shop and on a whim gave Rusty's a try. Turns out it was Rusty himself that I asked about the possibiity of getting a pretty oily/greasy housing clean. He put it into his hot washing machine and for the next 45 min. flipped the pieces over to make sure every inch was washed. I left for an hour and came back to a beautifully clean fan housing. And Rusty wouldn't take a dime for it! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) Made me disappointed that I don't have a Mazda or Honda to give him some business. I am sure that he would not have been so accomodating if I showed up with all of the tin plus the fan housing, etc. I do think though if you make previous arrangements with a shop and offer to pay you could have the dirty work quickly behind you.

Sorry for rambling.

-Jeff

[Air_Cooled_Nut]

For small parts I usually drink a Guiness, eat a sprig or two of broccoli, some times even keep it down with some chilli. Watch SPEED channel for an hour to let the mixture percolate in my system, then drop the part on the drive way and pee on it. Not only does the part come out clean but I can leave it out there for days and NOBODY will touch it.

[Trekkor]

I cleaned my filthy caked trans in an hour with Gunk, solvent brush and a putty knife. Water rinse.
Brake cleaner and carb cleaner are good, too.

KT