cleaning the engine!! help!!

So lads ive got a flywheel and crank casing that os covered in muck grime oil or whatever you would like to call it what is the best way to clean it? Soak it in something?

Hey buddy!

Gotta love a clean engine!

Brake and clutch cleaner is always a good cleaning agent although watch it on your skin! Basically any degreaser or WD40 will do. Work it in with an old tooth brush and clean it up with a rag?

How's that :-D

White spirits is good.

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I tent to get an old plastic container, like an indian take away container. Half fill it white spirits and let your bits stand in it for a couple of hours. Then use a tooth brush or small paint brush and work it into all the nooks an cranies. Then rise it off and give it a good blow down with compresses air afterwards.That should do the trick......

Should send it to me and I can bead blast it to look like New

Lol. I either need to purchase an air compressor or send allot of things to TOBY for bead blasting!

How much did that set up cost TOBY?

Watch out with white spirit, it can eat rubber seals!

I was always a fan of the traditional "Gunk" does what it says on the tin "Engine degreaser".

Failing that, lots of water, lots and lots of water, always better if you get the engine running a high revs and dunk the twat deep

Lol. never thought of giving it a good dunk... airfilter above the water?

hicksi wrote:Lol. I either need to purchase an air compressor or send allot of things to TOBY for bead blasting!

How much did that set up cost TOBY?

You don't want to buy your own mate my compressor was over £16.000

Ryan hale wrote:So lads ive got a flywheel and crank casing that os covered in muck grime oil or whatever you would like to call it what is the best way to clean it? Soak it in something?

Gunk engine cleaner or petrol with and old toothbrush but no smoking!!!!!!