Whats the best way?

The engine is not in the bay and will be on a stand, is there any good block cleaners that will clean up the loose flakey rust/paint and remove all the leaked oil etc....

Basically wanna give it a sprose up before i give it a lick of paint.

 

Cheers Dave,

Do i splash it on and set alight to it?

 

I'll give it a whirl

 

Dishwasher after petrol

Just make sure you oil the bores after and don't leave it lying around for ages afterwards.

 

A nice stiff paint brush and some brake cleaner/petrol.

 

small wire wheel in a drill 2 get all the flakey paint off

 

I got my M8 who works for Turner Diesel to put mine into a special hot water / acid type washer thing that they use for cleaning engine parts and the likes. sits on a motorised turntable and gets left for 24hrs. Came out like a new casting just needing paint only downside is it needs to be a bare block

 

Marine cleaner from a company called Frost. You pour it into hot water and give the block a good scrub comes up quite well

 

Thanks all foy ya replies

Going to give the petrol and a wire brush a go i think.

 

Petrol and a stiff brush, then wire brush attachment on a drill or by hand afterwards is usually pretty damned effective.

An airline will help blow the dust off, but you should mask up the sensitive areas of the block - oilways, waterways, bores, to keep grit out

/al