Engine Cleaning

[sandman]

My trusty ol 582 appears to be getting some sort of flake on the outside of the cylinders and was wandering is there some sought of cleaner or something to make it look brand new again like this one I saw on barnstormer.

 

 

 

[pudestcon]

Paint hides a multitude of sins sandman!!!

 

Pud

 

 

[Wayne T Mathews]

Sandblasting will do it for the "silver" parts. But you've gotta be careful no gritty bits get left behind.

 

 

[sandman]

I should clarify a little more, my apologises, engine is only about 50hrs old what I meant to say was when you can rub your finger on the cylinder wall it appears to be a light white powderish look so one day I thought kero would clean it a bit better but to be on the safe side I thought that I should ask here and maybe there might be something better to clean it with. Using kero it did clean it quite well but just to be on the safe side to ask. Cheers.

 

 

[pudestcon]

I should clarify a little more, my apologises, engine is only about 50hrs old what I meant to say was when you can rub your finger on the cylinder wall it appears to be a light white powderish look so one day I thought kero would clean it a bit better but to be on the safe side I thought that I should ask here and maybe there might be something better to clean it with. Using kero it did clean it quite well but just to be on the safe side to ask. Cheers.

I'm no expert sandman but aluminium corrodes easily, and what you describe is corrosion in my opinion. Properly treated, etched primed and painted will help I reckon. I'm sure you could find something to clean it with, but I doubt any cleaner will stop the white powder corrosion.

Doesn't really answer your question I know......

 

Pud

 

 

[Wayne T Mathews]

OK, sandblasting your 50 hr "trusty ol' 582" would not be good. Have you tried WD 40? Spray it on, then wipe it off. It's good stuf and works better than kero.

 

 

[Wayne T Mathews]

Thanks David. I've seen Innox on the shelf but, because I assumed it was a knock-off of WD 40, I've never tried it. From what you've just said, best I go get some, eh?

 

 

[Wayne T Mathews]

Interesting... I just googled inox (pronounced in-ox, not i-nox) and had a read. Sounds like one hell of a knock around bloke started the company back in '87. In the "About us" page he tells how he did 3 years as an armourer in the RAAF in the mid '60s, and then went shearing, droving, truck driving etc. etc. etc... for 20 years before he produced and started marketting his product. Thanks again for telling us about it David. I'll get some and try it.

 

 

[Guest SAJabiruflyer]

I bought a 5L container of Inox. It's great stuff and it does not smell anything near as bad as WD-40. I put it into spray bottles and use it from there. I have a cloth impregnated with it which goes over the base plate of my drill press. Years later - no rust on it. Used it on my 4WD to keep the electrical components in the engine bay protected. In my opinion it works better than WD-40 for everything i've used it on. And according to the bottle it does NOT conduct electricity, so I use it at work to disperse water in damaged electrical components, on the gold connectors of circuit boards / memory modules. I'd try drinking a teaspoon a day but that might be taking it a bit too far..

 

 

[Guernsey]

It might save your life in an electrical storm:yikes:

Alan.