Hey All,
Ive got a stripped down motor sitting in my workshop, and being a magna engine, its as dirty as a mother ****er, and before i take it to the machine shop to get worked on, i want to clean it up, what products should i use to clean all the crap off? Ive heard kerosene is good but im not sure.

Any other suggestins welcome.

Thanks,
AF

I bought some cheap de-greaser/multipurpose cleaner from supercheap. It works a treat. It comes in a 4l bottle for about $6.50 and lasts me quite a while.

Just use some of this (better than that **** in the cans) with a stiff bristled brush, then give it a good hose down with high pressure and repeat the process. If you really wanna get it spotless feel free to do it again and/or give it a wipe down with a rag and some of the de-greaser that comes in the cans. Don't use the can stuff on rubber boots and seals as it tends to make it crack, the stuff in the bottle is ok; i've used it plenty of times with no problems at all.

Or you could pay to get it chemically cleaned.
They dip it in a heated bath of ardrox or simmilar degreaser/desacaler. Gets all the carbon and sh*te out of your galleries etc..
I used to have access to this stuff where I used to work, comes up like new? Used to do heads and stuff too.

Whats it usually worth to have that done?

I really have no idea, sorry.
I only ever did it myself at my old work where we had our own "clean bay" for overhauling the old R2000 radial engines from Caribou aircraft.
I'm sure there would be places out there that could chemically clean your engine bits, specifically block and head as its the best way to clean all the carbon and gunk out of the galleries.
Maybe if you ring some engine machine shops or electroplaters, they might be able to point you in the right direction.
Sorry I cant be of more help, man I should never have left my old job :nuts:

I also know diesel fuel works well my dad used it to clean the cv joints and it got all that grease and junk off it. Just soak it in that or pour over and brush it.

Tom

Yeah thats what i was thinking of using.

got a karcha ?

once you clean it, MAKE SURE you cover it with oil, spray it all with crc or just clean engine oil..

ok, TC u mean i use a pressure washer to clean it down, then coat the whole thing in oil or CRC? :confused:

sorry, dont understand your posts :P

i think he means after it is all clean to spray a coat of WD40 or something so that it is not exposed to mist or water....it will rust

it will rust very quickly! over night surface rust on a cylinder bore can be enough to need a rebore and over sized pistons..


yeah if the block is bare ide take it out onto a solid chair and blast it off with a high pressure cleaner and bottled degreaser out of a selector spray. comes up great.

dont forget the CRC or RP7 !

Careful with the pressure sprayers: water in the electrics + Magna = sick car. When I bought my TJ the engine was spotless but the b*stard didn't fire on all cylinders until they'd stripped the electrics down and dried it out.....

Perhaps mask off the distributor, round the plugs etc etc first.

lol, the engine is in pieces and out of the car, i shouldnt have to worry about doing that.

If you are to get the block worked in a machine shop, get it cold tanked, this will bring it up like new including in places a pressure washer will not get to.

After all they are going to make it dirty when they do their work

If you're like my place, you probably have the engine in a corner of the garage where its not too good to spray water all over where it sits - and its too much trouble to move it to a wet area.

For surface degreasing, I use either Shellite (buy at supermarket or camping stores) which works like Zippo fluid or grab a can of either carby cleaner or brake cleaner spray.

All above don't need rinsing with water afterwards... unlike "degreaser".


Make sure you plug up all the holes in the engine - induction, exhaust, sparks.
Do not degrease the insides of the engine.

Best DIY corks are wads of rags wrapped in plastic bag.

i got my head acid dipped.. took *** all time and cost *** all.. look at the difference!

If you're like my place, you probably have the engine in a corner of the garage where its not too good to spray water all over where it sits - and its too much trouble to move it to a wet area.

For surface degreasing, I use either Shellite (buy at supermarket or camping stores) which works like Zippo fluid or grab a can of either carby cleaner or brake cleaner spray.

All above don't need rinsing with water afterwards... unlike "degreaser".


Make sure you plug up all the holes in the engine - induction, exhaust, sparks.
Do not degrease the insides of the engine.

Best DIY corks are wads of rags wrapped in plastic bag.

*reminds* engine is in pieces? :rant: