What do you guys use to clean your motor? What kind of special cleaning solutions, or anything like that... Um right now im doing my swap and its sitting in my garage so its pretty dirty, i need some ideas to clean it... thanks in advance

 

simple green and an engine degreaser

 

some people use gasoline

I use mineral spirits or if I'm feeling particularly cheap, paint thinner (made from mineral spirits). a practical order of 'solventness' would be gasoline, varsol, mineral spirits, paint thinner - they're pretty-much the same except for the amount of refining. none of it is biodegradable, the bio stuff doesn't work. you can get it by the gallon from Home Depot.

good luck

 

tell me more about these minerals spirts, how do i apply them, do i use a rag, what part of the motor do i clean w/ mineral spirits?

 

Simple green, soap, tooth brush, GUNK degreaser, and water............If you take your time you can make anything look nice

 

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it's just like using gasoline (it evaporates and leaves the same kind of residue) but not nearly as smelly or flamable. when you're through with it, use the dregs to rinse your oil-change pan, pour it back into the original can and take it to autozone for disposal.