Frank, After you get the case completely de-greased, have it blasted with baking soda crystals. Arm & Hammer make crystals that can be used wet or dry and are non destructive. The beauty of them is that you can flush all of the media away with water. It gives you a very nice bright surface. Walt Spak Pittsburgh PA b20swalt@city-net.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Condelli" <RAlanen@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 6:43 AM Subject: Engine Case Cleaning
> What's the trick to getting the engine case sparkling clean when rebuilding > ? I have looked into this locally and have been told by two engine > rebuilding machine shops that the chemical dunk tanks they normally use are not good > for aluminium. The chemicals they use will turn the aluminium to mush they > say. They also say there is no aternative other than pressure washing or > perhaps oven baking. I have tried various engine shampoos and pressure washing > but the corrosion from oil and salt deposits on the cases remain. I think > there must be a chemical alternative. Anyone with suggestions please ? > Cheers, > > Frank Condelli > Almonte, Ontario, Canada > _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper > camping event, Almonte, ON, June 10 ~ 13, 2004 > '87 Westy & Lionel Trains > Member: _Vanagon List_ (http://www.vanagon.com/) , _LiMBO_ > (http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/) & _CCVWC_ > (http://www.ccvwc.ca/) > Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley > _STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers_ > (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) > _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) > or http://frankcondelli.com |
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