award280 Posted August 13, 2005 Share Posted August 13, 2005 While my car sat for awhile. A brown gunk built up in the water passages. Should I try to flush this out, or take the block to the machine shop to have it dipped? And round abouts, how much should this cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here comes trouble Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 If the car is running and the engine not disassembled...buy a box of dishwashing Electrosol and pour some in the radiator and buy a cheap flush kit. and perodically soap and soak then flush. repeat until clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
award280 Posted August 14, 2005 Author Share Posted August 14, 2005 Nope. Engine is out and completely disassembled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanomon Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Hot-tank $50.00 or less. Some of them have gone by the way side due to increased operating cost. What they do instead is put it into a high pressure booth and spray it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-ManQ45 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Can't believe Austin, TX doesn't have a machine shop that can dunk an engine block.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 while its not nearly as effective as a hot tank chemical bath, the local car wash with those high pressure wands and 15 minutes use and a gallon of chemical grease remover/solvent and some wire brush work can clean a bare block to a remarkable level, (soak it down with several cans of wd 40 when your done) and set in the garage to totally dry with several heat guns or hair dryers, heat till its to hot to touch and respray with wd 40 then seal in several layers of plastic bags and several sheets od news paper to absorb minor moisture I bought and use a portable 3200 psi pressure washer for the shop use just to avoid trips to the car wash, now it won,t/didn,t take many blocks cleaned to pay that off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipzoomie Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 EASY-OFF oven cleaner does a respectable job. Just don't get it on yourself. It's very caustic. Cheap, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody 82 ZXT Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 while its not nearly as effective as a hot tank chemical bath' date=' the local car wash with those high pressure wands and 15 minutes use and a gallon of chemical grease remover/solvent and some wire brush work can clean a bare block to a remarkable level, (soak it down with several cans of wd 40 when your done) and set in the garage to totally dry with several heat guns or hair dryers, heat till its to hot to touch and respray with wd 40 then seal in several layers of plastic bags and several sheets od news paper to absorb minor moistureI bought and use a portable 3200 psi pressure washer for the shop use just to avoid trips to the car wash, now it won,t/didn,t take many blocks cleaned to pay that off[/quote'] I did this with my last block and it worked great. Be prepared your going to be soaking wet when you leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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