ok, i took some pics. heres what i have to deal with.









Modified by Hugh G. Rection at 12:40 PM 9/14/2005

 

I ended up taking a wire wheel to mine, cleaned it up really nice.

 

wire wheel? wow, doesn't it ruin the finish on the motor?? any pics?

bump for more suggestions from people that had experience w/ this dilemma

 

no one knows huh

 

if you are to take it to the machine shop to get tanked, then it all has to be bare. completely.

i've always just used simple green and worked fine. for the more stubborn stuff... warm up the motor... let the simple green sit for a couple minutes, then brush and hose off.

 

the motor is on a engine stand..

anyone else

 

calcium bulidup: CLR that's what I used for cleaning my ol' B18A1

 

pmd

up for more suggestions

 

wire wheel, but mostly steam

 

are we talking just exterior of the block or inside too??

 

no just the outside. im gonna try clr this weekend

 

i think simple green might work. or u could just mix a bunch of household products together until theystart to smoke and sizzle and put it might do something

 

reading owns you

 

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do you have a powerwasher?

 

yup. doesn't work.

 

ehhh efff that idea then well I got my block cleaned by a machine shop and this is how it came out, sorry for the bad angle.

 

that looks pretty damn dirty to me. the calcium buildup on my block looks exactly like what you have on your block.

 

oh trust me i know, i wasnt sayin its clean.

My buddy got his head cleaned and for some reason it looked BRAND new. He got his block cleaned by the same ppl who cleaned his head (and the same ppl who cleaned my block) and his block looks the exact same as my block.

Let us know how the remover works, I might try it on mine.

 

dude i got a question. since i have a 93 civic coupe ex. I was wondering can i change the pitch of my v-tec solienode to make it crack louder..i dont really know much but hoping you can tell me how..

 

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No, but you can get a good look at a butcher's *** by sticking your head up there!

 

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where the hell did that come from? we are talking about cleaning a motor in this post. removing calcium, other build up etc. so totally random.

and i have no idea what you are talking about.... changing the pitch to make it "crack" louder? wtf? try making a new post and asking that... no one is going to find that question in a post that has nothing to do with that.

as for cleaning the motor........ steam cleaner sounds like a plus to me.. that **** works wonders for just be hot water. god luck, and let us know how the CLR works out for you.

 

i used brake cleaner to clean the outside of the block and it pretty damn clean to me

 

Just buy a steam cleaner

 

Have you considered painting it?