Block Cleaning

Esdeeone · Post by **Esdeeone** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:56 pm

Hi Guys,
First time in here, last motor for me was a SBF 351C Ford Pop, thats gone and I'm now playing with my first RV8 ( in a Chevette soon ).
Can any of you point me towards a company who can Hot Tank clean the alloy parts on my dirty old cut out motor ?
I am in the Warwickshire area.

Ta

softdash3.9 · Post by **softdash3.9** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:44 pm

Any decent machine shop, would probably do it FOC if you are having any work done.

Amazing what you can do with some decent degreaser a steam cleaner

I normally mix a batch up and immerse the parts in it and leave for a few days then clean the parts down, using good scrubbing brush & pan srubbers, some other members use some other cleaners, might be in some topics on the new site but definitely on the old forum

ihatesissycars · Post by **ihatesissycars** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:50 pm

I recently cleaned a block. I used a steam cleaner and some spray on foaming oven cleaner. It took 1 hour and i kid you not when i say it is PERFECTLY clean!!! I and all the mechanincs at work were quite shocked! All it cost was £1.65 for a tin of spray on oven cleaner!

toughy V8 · Post by **toughy V8** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:27 pm

i just use one of them parrafin spray guns you get free with a hobby compressor and gunwash/celly thinners

adamnreeves · Post by **adamnreeves** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:44 pm

Me too. I also use alloy wheel cleaning to finish!

toughy V8 wrote:i just use one of them parrafin spray guns you get free with a hobby compressor and gunwash/celly thinners

v8alex · Post by **v8alex** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:30 pm

If you don't want to do it yourself, go to JE Engineering - they're in Coventry and cleaned my block up a good 'un. They don't have a hot tank facility any more though.
Alex

Boosted LS1 · Post by **Boosted LS1** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:02 pm

Look for a garage with chemicals. Metal goes in the tub looking like poop and comes out stripped back to base metal. It's way better then steam cleaning and parrafin etc.

Mike.