<VV> Cleaning the engine (Teardown III)

[Tony Underwood]

At 10:36 hours 06/24/2006, J R Read_HML wrote:
>Or a buddy who has access to a car wash after hours.  High pressure 
>and STRONG detergents.
>
>Later, JR



A trip to Harbor Freight and a cheap pressure washer works pretty 
well too, if you intend to spend time cleaning other stuff so as to 
justify the <100 bucks for the washer.   Even a cheapo pressure 
washer will clean up a grimy transaxle pretty well with some 
dedication, especially if you feed it hot water and presoak with some 
engine degreaser.    The "yellow football" variant of washer I bought 
came with a cup attachment that feeds whatever sort of cleaner you 
like into the stream of high pressure water.


I've found that aircraft strip also cleans up aluminum pretty well if 
it has varnish deposits.


tony..