I just got a motor and was wondering how to clean the engine. There's alot of oil all over the engine and tranny. ***** all dirty and black. I've tried brake clean and a towel but that takes a long time. Anyone know a better way to clean it? (cleaning engine in my home garage)

 

simple green is what a lot of people suggest, search the archives and there should be some topics on different ways to clean your engine.

 

simple green, wire brush does wonders

 

I always clean my engine by spraying it with engine degreaser and then rinsing it with water. But if your engine is very dirty then a different treatment will give you better results.

 

simple green and a power washer just becareful

 

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its gonna be alot of work no matter how you look at it. just for the fact there is so many nooks and crannys

 

if engines installed i drive to a drive through do it yourself car wash park rinse down with degreaser then pressure spray it down then spray a little of the tire shine on there and rinse down and my engine bay is BALLERRRRR.

or if the motor is apart i toss it in the back of the truck and do the same thing because they have the degreaser and they also have the pressure spray which i don't really have access to at home. and/or bring along some simple green for heightened satisfaction.

 

Engine degeaser fr the tough stuff, simple green for everything else.

 

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X4... It's your engine we are talking about. Take the time to get her to sparkle. Toothbrush/wirebrush(light strokes) and some simple green/degreaser with some time and a whole lot of attention to detail and it will look great. I wish i was so lucky to have my motor pulled so i could do this.

 

I'm going h2b in the next year, so I'll just wait until my d is out then clean the bay.

 

i always spray with a can of engine gunk. pressure wash. then repeat with the gunk foam and pressure wash again. engine and parts come out looking like new....

 

Or just take it apart and tank it.

I degreased and wire brushed it. I got to know my dirty *** block real good.

I cleaned it with the oil pan on and the deck covered up. clean clean clean. took about 2 hours to get it satisfyable.

Then I taped everything else off as far as holes and painted it aluminum color. Nice and shiny.

 

your **** is weak

 

Thanks for the useful post. helped this thread out dramatically.

If you live near a college with a good art department and buy the right paint you could paint your block and have them put it in a big enough oven to bake the paint on better.

Wife wouldn't let me use her oven.

 

Wow... I just use simple green and a face towel... obviously, make sure your engine si hot

 

pressure washer and maybe a steam cleaner helps along with engine degreasser, if you want the thing spot less pull the block get it hottanked then hot tank the head

 

i think i'll start using the simple green... anyways, does the wire brush do anything to the engine? like make big scratches or anything?