What does anyone out there use to clean a dirty engine block??? I have the oil on/around the oil pan just stuck there with dirt and oil. It doesn't seem like it wants to come off. Is there a good slovent to clean the grimey dirt with???

 

give it a spit shine!
or you could use your brain and figure somethng out

 

Thanks for your help...that was a great post!

 

sorry man you set yourself up for that
discount auto parts can cure you with some engine degreaser

 

Simple Green. Its simple. Its green. It cleans

 

Simple Green rules! Smells good too!

 

yeah simple green...and if u really wanted to pay the extra cash-you can get it steame cleaned.

 

jack up your car, spray a crapload of simple green on the oil pan and the block, etc. Let it sit, then take a hose and spray the **** out of it. Use a high powered sprayer and that dirt doesn't stand a chance.

 

brake parts cleaner is the ****. not as powerful as carb cleaner so it wont burn though whires, but its really easy to use just spray all over the block and the grase melts right off.

 

StyleTEG wrote a nice article about detailng your engine bay.

http://www.team-integra.net/sections...p?ArticleID=29

Great read!

 

put some diesel in a 99 cent walmart spray bottle. give the engine (cold preferrably) a good soaking with the diesel fuel. let it sit a few mins then clean engine with high pressure sprayer. follow up with simple green to cut the oily resudue. that aerosol engine cleaner, gunk or whatever, is just diesel. works great

 

The thing is that i have a bare block and wondering if any types of solvent would damage the interal side of the block. For example would simple green affect my cylinder walls???

 

uhhh....you are cleaning the outside of the block. Water doesn't touch the internals. Stop worrying and go clean it already.

 

if cleaning chemicals get inside your engine, i would be worried about more serious problems. Like the combustion from inside your engine getting to your cleaners, lol.