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cleaning a bare engine block

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cleaning a bare engine block

Post by 4thgenphil » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:43 pm

both internally and externally

anyone no the best way to do it? dont mind paying a company to do either :D

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Post by NafemanNathan » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:12 pm

Remove everything and clean it ;-)

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Post by 4thgenphil » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:24 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:Remove everything and clean it ;-)
your a knob! i don't like hard work :lol:
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Post by Dbo » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:07 pm

outside cleaning my mate used to just cover in "gunk" made by jizer and scrub it with cheap kitchen brushes and a toothbrush in the small aeras then jet wash it off(after blocking up all holes) internal he only ever cleaned the old bits giong back in.
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Post by 4thgenphil » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:08 pm

yeh its more the inside i want to do!

i think i may send it off to get done!
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Post by RattyMcClelland » Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:08 pm

I would like to know also. Mine isnt so bare though. I can cover the header and pipes etc, Alt, and pumps are off.

Im thinking Bilt hamber surfex HD neat with a pressure washer and then a good scrub after.
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Post by Vtecmec » Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:03 pm

Internally, Nitro Morse took me from this....

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To this.....

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Post by 4thgenphil » Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:10 pm

oh hell yeah, i like that! :D
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Post by jozefsan » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:40 pm

sonic clean is best what you can get

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Post by rob quilter » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:42 pm

Nitro mors is mental stuff, I wouldn't like to clean an engine with it :shock:
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