what methods/techniques do you guys use to clean your engine. i have a disassembled short block and i want it shiny new. i was told brake cleaner/ engine degreaser would work but there are still marks. will bleach or muriatic acid work without eating away the aluminum and bolts? also where can i get some high temp aluminum spray paint locally and what brand do you guys recommend? thanks in advance

 

i got my head, block , and tranny so shiny by using a wire bush but a real fine one and put it on a trill and man its so shiny looks like new and like painted i will have pics up soon on my build thread

 

i tried the wire brush, it works but not so good in the tight spaces.

 

pressure wash

 

well i bought serval wire bushes i got in mostly eevrywhere check out my pics https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/2078174 its on page 3 or 4 its my build thread

 

holly **** that thing is shining. did you use a drill and that wire wheel to brush it? i'm gonna go get some bleach today and just throw my bolts in there.

 

Use old gas to clean your bolts. It works a lot better.

 

i got the bleach, doesn't seem to work on the bolts, i'll leave it in bleach for a day and see how it looks like. i couldn't find a fine wheel so i'll be using a course one on the brackets, not the block. gasoline for cleaning? i can imagine it eating up things...

 

Nah, man. It works like a champ to clean factory bolts. Nothing works better to get grease of your bolts, trust me, try it.

 

I just got a parts washer w/ solvent so I'll be using that to clean various things when I pull my engine out.

 

Well, nothing works better (except a parts washer) to get grease off your old bolts. I guess gas would be the poor mans parts solvent.

 

the bleach didn't do much with the thick covered ones, i'll try some gasoline tomorrow.

 

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I would steam clean or pressure wash. Acid or base (bleach) are not good idea.

 

true steamed or pressure wash always worked for me

 

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yeah i threw the thermostat housing in bleach for about five minutes and the thing was bubbling, i think the bleach was eating it up. the bolts are turning rather dull than shiny, a day in soak now.