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wayne miller

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15th Sep, 2014 at 10:50:48pm

What do you guys use to de grease an engine and which paint do you use?
Do you paint the gearbox, clutch housing, block and head or are there certain parts to avoid?

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16th Sep, 2014 at 08:02:14am

brake cleaner that comes in 5L bottles applied using a small "weed sprayer" type trigger gun.

this is the one i use, requires some mild modification for continued use with brake cleaner but works better than the ones supplied by the companies who actually sell the brake cleaner.

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16th Sep, 2014 at 04:48:20pm

I've always used gunk which usually gets everything off with a good jet wash! I believe you can buy proper engine paint from minispares which I've heard good stuff about but they only do yellow and green :(

They don't die, they just get faster!

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16th Sep, 2014 at 05:05:11pm

I've used petrol and diesel to good effect for getting the crap off an engine, and a jetwash.

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wayne miller

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16th Sep, 2014 at 08:30:35pm

Thanks Lads, aparently we have some gunk at work and I have some old petrol, old deisel and some brake cleaner. I'll try all three at the wekend if I have to :)

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16th Sep, 2014 at 08:39:23pm

Skip the petrol an diesel! Just smells and didn't really do a great deal. With the gunk spray it on and give it a wire brush then leave it for a bit before jetwashing it then if there's anything really stubborn give it a second load *tongue*

On 16th Sep, 2014 wayne miller said:
Thanks Lads, aparently we have some gunk at work and I have some old petrol, old deisel and some brake cleaner. I'll try all three at the wekend if I have to :)

They don't die, they just get faster!
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