Fevre

Anything special to use or avoid as far as detergent? Dish soap OK to use? Will wash, compressed air blow and spray protect all one right after the other either tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks

ImBatman

I have always heard and always used DAWN dish detergent. You know what they say, "It takes grease out of the way" :yesnod: :lol:

Fevre

Got my mouth washed out with the stuff for :cuss , :U . To this day I get quezzy when I smell it. :lol:

DVG73

I second the dawn plus it leaves your hands soft and supple. :D For my initial cleaning I used some simple green first then went with the Dawn as a final.

BTW I looked at (best I could) how much I needed to remove off of the rod bolt and I have something else going on as it appears that there is a significant amount of the rod that needs to be removed for clearance which isn't right.

Matt Gruber

Has it been hot-tanked by a machine shop?

Fevre

With only about 300 miles on it I felt it was unessary, it looks pretty much brand new but I needed to clean up the cyl walls from some surface rust from sitting. I left the cam and lifters in it so the bearings are fine and the lifters bores (proper term :confused: ) are fine too. Just want to clean it up a touch before putting it back together.

Matt Gruber

when my block came back from the hot tank, it was full of grit in the oil passages :rolleyes: good thing you didn't send it out for"cleaning"

Gordonm

If the cylinder walls have been bored or honed you need to get ALL the grit out. Take a clean paper towel and put a little transmission fluid on it. Wipe down the walls of the cylinder. You will be amazed at how much grit is still in the walls. Keep doing this until the paper towel has no residue on this. Transmission fluid is designed to suspend dirt in it. This is why it is a good cleaner for the walls. I got this tip from my machine shop. It will take quite a few paper towels to get it clean but it is worth it. My rings seated instantly. The dish detergent is good for getting the oil off but watch for any machined surface. It will start to rust quickly. Get some oil on it before the surface rust starts.

Fevre

Used atf when I did the honing, used one of the wire deals with the ***** on em just to get the surface rust off but I will use the atf again after the bath to get them really clean also protect them. :thumbs:

Twin_Turbo

if the block is dirty blasting it w/ soda helps, then you can just wash it out without the sand everywhere.

Matt Gruber

DONT USE PAPER TOWELS!!!!
use $100 bills. works great!
if it's a budget motor you can use $20 bills
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:jester

Jughead

All of the above, then use WD40 on the cylinder walls after cleaning. My block sat(is still) for months and I recoated the cylinders and head surface every couple of weeks.

Fevre

But Matt I wipe my arz with the $20's and light cigars with the $100's. :jester