As far as cleaning an engine case in a dishwasher, I've done it several times quite successfuly. I always take them to the carwash and clean them as well as I can, then at home with Simple Green and a garden hose. I then ran through the dishwasher and used Cascade. I washed it 3 times. I have a friend who owned an automotive machine shop for many years, and this is how he did aluminum heads, as the solutions he used were caustic to aluminum. He later got a detergent-based washer for aluminum. the dishwasher at home would only hold one head and one of the case halves at a time, but was quite effective. As I am a bachelor, no discord problems! Steve Sandlin Steve's Lock Shoppe Huntsville, TX '84 Wolfsburg Westy (engine fire victime) '79 Transporter '00 New Beetle
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