Well, I'm going to my friends house today to take apart my K20A3 Long block, I was wondering what products should I use to clean it? And where and what I should not do while I'm cleaning it. ( I wouldnt want to mess up my block you know )

 

Parts cleaner, simple green, water, and a towel.

 

siple green ftw

 

yup, i got simple green. I just thought there should be places where I shouldn't get the water, and simple green.

 

You just need to be careful around those parts, ie: no need to get simple green in the fusebox, lol.

 

haha, i have no idea how it's going to get there =P, it's a block, that's not even connected to my car.

alright so, when i clean the block and its nice & shiney, i won't have to lubricate it with anything right?

 

carb cleaner, gasoline, nail polish remover, gasket scraper, wd 40, if you're building it, use alot of assembly lube and motor oil

 

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yo dont know waht a block is?

 

Great. So the harrassment begins. Don't bother me with ridiculous nit-picking in an attempt to discredit me, man. I actually try to help people.

 

heres a good rule of thumb (sorta)
if the chemical your using to clean makes your skin tingle after a while it might be too strong to clean you block with
you dont want to give your block cancer now..

But, seriously if your completly disassembling the motor then just dont be stupid and use anything to corrosive. It is metal now, its preaty tough

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TooManyTickets &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">heres a good rule of thumb (sorta)
if the chemical your using to clean makes your skin tingle after a while it might be too strong to clean you block with
you dont want to give your block cancer now..

But, seriously if your completly disassembling the motor then just dont be stupid and use anything to corrosive. It is metal now, its preaty tough </TD></TR></TABLE>

whats that acid that muscle car guys use on cast iron that pits aluminum?

ya dont use that

 

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I used Simple Green on my block today and used Carb Cleaner on my Tranny. Both are coming out great.

 

oh yeah that stuff... i remember some kid put his aluminum heads in the hot tank at school and left them in there overnight(guess no one told him not to put aluminum in there).. and then next day i swear they looked like they had grown white fuzz all over them... complete loss..

 

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lol something acid, damn i forgot what it was called lol,

aluminum 454 pistons from cp they were used so he dunked it in the tank lmao he fucked them up

 

When i was a detailer for Acura, we had some stuff that was called "wheel acid" it was diluted some but it still was strong enough to rip the finish off any aluminum wheel.

I would highly recomend simple green or engine degreaser. just be careful and you'll have a nice shinny block in no time.