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Cleaning the Engine?

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gs road racer said:
OK is this a competition? More then one way to clean game.... er motorcycles.... I prefer the disassemble and blast.......good work guys always another way and good results!! Dam ain't tinkerin fun? Ok it's a slow rainy day here don't feel like workin outside.....
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what kind/brand of paint is that? I'm going to blast a valve cover with glass bead and wanted to paint it black like the rest of the motor. This is for a liquid cooled bike. The current paint is all peeling.
 
tas850g said:
what kind/brand of paint is that? I'm going to blast a valve cover with glass bead and wanted to paint it black like the rest of the motor. This is for a liquid cooled bike. The current paint is all peeling.
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i'm gonna take a wild stab in the dark here and say it's PJ1 case paint ;) - and by the look of it i'd go with satin
 
thanks sparky! couldn't read everything on the can. I need exact names/brands/models. I don't like missing anything or guessing. Just the way i am.
 
renobruce said:
I've often thought about that, but didn't know how to go about doing it at home. I wonder if one of those SHARK steam gizmos on TV would work?
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We had a steam cleaner at a shop I used to work at. I've used engine desgreaser, simple green, and pressure washers on car engines, but nothing got it clean like highh pressure steam. Gotta be careful though, it'll burn ya! (don't ask how I know)
 
My cases were done in a steam machine at a machine shop.
This is after I went to a pressure car wash with Gunk and fell on my a$$. I did manage to keep the cases in each arm in the air and didn't break them.
 
chef1366 said:
My cases were done in a steam machine at a machine shop.
This is after I went to a pressure car wash with Gunk and fell on my a$$. I did manage to keep the cases in each arm in the air and didn't break them.
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this thread is worthless without pics (at the car wash) :-\\\
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. Soap. Hmmm. I was so busy thinking of oil based cleaners I just did not think of strong soapy things.

So I went out in my Garage and found some "Oil Eater" soapy cleaner. It's a concentrate from Costco, and is advertised as a engine cleaner when used at full strength. I borrowed a small spray bottle from my wife, and after two spray/rinse cycles - and a half used up toothbrush, I found that the engine was 98% clean. And that hard to clean oily dirt on the bottom front was gone also. So was the mess around the spark plugs.

Wow, it looks better than it has in 28 years!

Thanks guys for the ideas.
 
TomE said:
Thanks for all the suggestions. Soap. Hmmm. I was so busy thinking of oil based cleaners I just did not think of strong soapy things.

So I went out in my Garage and found some "Oil Eater" soapy cleaner. It's a concentrate from Costco, and is advertised as a engine cleaner when used at full strength. I borrowed a small spray bottle from my wife, and after two spray/rinse cycles - and a half used up toothbrush, I found that the engine was 98% clean. And that hard to clean oily dirt on the bottom front was gone also. So was the mess around the spark plugs.

Wow, it looks better than it has in 28 years!

Thanks guys for the ideas.
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Word of warning, I used Purple Power with 50:50 mix of water in a spray bottle to degrease my engine. I breathed in some of the mist and got a sinuse infection (still got it). :(

Toxic poising can't kill it. Hoping i dont have to get anti-biotics to kill it.
 
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