any good ways to clean a block, i have a block out, no oil pan on, no pistons and the head isn't on and i want to clean it up before i rebuild it and i got degreeser and a wire brush anything more ya'll would suggest

 

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i dont think he means just detailing the top of the engine.

 

clean it with hot and soapy water....dont use solvents or any kind of chemical. Thats what they taught me in school in my engine building class

 

hmmmm, i use brake cleaner to clean the cylinders. thats bad?

 

As long as you relube them with WD-40, it's fine.

 

after i clean em up with brake cleaner, i prepare the engine for the pistons to be pressed in by taking tranny oil and lubing up the cylinder walls

 

simple green and water or brake cleaner is strait, especially if your just cleaning the outside of it.

 

LOTS of simple green.

And steam.

 

jsut dont clean the bores with that wirebrush, and you'll be good,

 

If your unsure about this kind of work on your motor, you should probably take it to a perfessional and have them hot-tank it for you. This is the best way to clean it anyhow.

 

i cleaned the outside of my block and my water, degreeser,and wire brush worked great. the only think i couldn't reach some of the tighter areas

 

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what kind of soap? Laundry detergent? dish soap? I am in the same situation, and I wanna clean my engine too, so this is good information. Is it worth cleaning inside the head while its off of the block? Since my spare motor is really old (1987 D16A1 Brown top), is it worth cleaning all the carbon deposits off of the pistons? I guess it don't matter since Im putting in different ones in anyway.

 

Take the block and get it jet-washed (can't hot tank aluminum) .. cheap and saves the fingers!

 

why, what happens when you hot tank aluminum?

 

Everyone says to use Simple Green and degreaser to clean blocks but what if grease/oil/dirt is not the only thing on the block?

Look at my current problem child. It looks like it's been on the Titanic for a century. How the hell would you remove this stuff:

 

get a wire brush-- put it on the end of a drill-- and go to town. bitch will be BLING.

 

word, if you're looking for the shine. .a wire brush will do it. . if you're just tryign to clean the gunk off, a hot tank MAY do it. . The last block i got hot tanked came back clean of grime, but it still looked used. . if you're looking for the gloss, then take a wire brush to it. .


This is my friend motor after we wire brushed it. . . (we didn't spend that much time on it, but you still get the idea. . (and yes, we definitely changed that nasty *** valve cover and oil cap. . .oh, and the harness is all tucked away now too. . .


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Wire brush, without a doubt. just take your time

 

have you tried doing anything yet, i went to lowes and got a wire brush drill bit and the **** it took off on my block seems like it would take that off but i'm not sure

 

I got the fine wire brush drill bit at Home Depot and went medieval on the block last night. It did a good job removing all the crap but I couldn't really get it to even up the scratches. It doesn't look all that great. Not even close to the polished one above. Going to wash it at a dealer tank today (not sure it's a hot tank) and will post picture after.

At least all that yellow coral reef **** is gone now

 

yeah I'd take it a machine shop and let them clean it.

you could spray paint it silver afterwards or something.