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Originally Posted by kger
Can I take parts out to be professionally cleaned? If it saved that much time of what I would consider the worst/least fun and rewarding part of this job, that would be really enticing.
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Agree, cleaning is / was for me / the most time consuming and disgusting job. I spent a LOT of time cleaning my motor. First you need to get off the major crud before you start to disassemble. Be careful not to get any water inside the motor in the process. Your options are a hose and lots of gunk, a self car wash, or a pressure washer (careful with those).
Once you disassemble you can use a parts washer. Problem is the aluminum gets corroded and grimy. You can use different solvents and acids with multiple brushes to get most of it off. Then you can use your DISHWASHER to do the final cleaning. Just wait to your wife is out shopping. The pros have access to stronger solvents and many will use a bead blaster. I don't like bead blasters on engine parts, but if used correctly by someone who knows what they are doing, it is acceptable.
Then how nice do you want your CLEAN parts to look? I spent a lot of time scrubbing to make my engine parts to look like new.
Maybe others who had a pro clean their parts can chime in. But most will send out the dirty parts to who ever is doing the evaluation and machine work.
Good luck.
I used steel wool and Gibbs to get the final result as shown on the bottom cover.
Finished motor.
