I am using a DOHC 2.0 Ford Sierra engine for my kit car. I am really keen on getting it looking nice and clean but dont have the time to really go at it. Does anyone know any company who could take it from me, and hand it back in a condition ready for painting?

What does everyone else do, with donor engines? Clean them yourselves just the old fashion Gunk and cloth?

sorry to not answer you post, but are you a snowboarder by any chance? ive just been for the first time

sorry

get a pressure washer,only a couple of quid,you can do the drive/garage floor/dog/wife etc after

Chaz,

I used paraffin/petrol and The Tool.

Took ages but if you check my photo archive you'll see it came out ok.

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Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
sorry to not answer you post, but are you a snowboarder by any chance? ive just been for the first time

sorry

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Yeah i already bought a pressure washer, its only a cold water one, so i didnt think it will work. But i'll give it a whirl. Thanks

Liam, i did try snowboarding it was wicked!!! But i started as a skier, so have done that, now i snow blade instead. But next time i go i'm looking to fully convert to snowboarding its awesome.

[Edited on 1/8/04 by Chaz]

Did mine with a cold water pressure washerto remove the crud (1/2" thich), then gunked it, washed it again to remove the gunk, wiped with celly thinnners and painted, 3 hours in total
Rescued attachment Engine Left.jpg

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Originally posted by James
Chaz,

I used paraffin/petrol and The Tool.

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Not at the same time I hope ?

What's got two legs, a tool and goes "woof" ?
James, in a huge fireball.

A friend of mine at college years ago thought it'd be a good idea to wire brush his fuel tank before putting a petrol patch on it. Just to spice things up a bit he had emptied the remaining fuel into a bucket which was in sitting right next to where he was working inside his parent's garage.
Imagine his Dad's surprise when he returned from Asda to find 2 fire engines down his street, specifically outside HIS house.
What was also apparent was:
1.No garage
2.Half of the side of the house gone
3.His son with a new and strange haircut / eyebrow reshaping like Nikki Lauder's.
How we laughed - all the way to casualty.
I bet he wished he'd used a Brass Wire Brush and not a Steel one.

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stephen_gusterson - 1/8/04 at 09:19 AM

just used gunk and a pressure washer

look at pics of my engine on my web site to see the difference

atb

steve

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RoadkillUK - 1/8/04 at 09:49 AM

Same thing here with my X-Flow, pressure washer and gunk.




Cool that photo is 1 year old today

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James - 1/8/04 at 04:12 PM

Perhaps we ought to add:

if you're not planning to compeltely strip the engine down soon afterwards then block up all the holes.

You don't want stuff rusting inside the block!

James

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