Engine cleaning?

[grantlowery]

Ive got a bit of rust here and ther, whats the best way to really clean up your engine?

[hesslevtr]

if you have rust only way to get rid of it is to sand down and re paint

[Predator_R32p]

as said sand and then repaint mate, its the only way

some people use kurust or summit before painting so the rust doesnt eat any more metal

[AdamH]

treat it before hand obviously and if its bad as in has wholes.. use a filler and then anti rust primer..

[AdamH]

as for treating kurust is the best around.. gell or liquid form.. very good stuff.. they also do the primer and halfrauds sell it

[dk_vtr]

Wurth make a product called RustOff -> does exactly what it says on the tin - helps remove rust! makes it alot easier to clean up bfore repainting.

[RedB]

sand down

smooth

treat and build back up then spray

[MikeAX]

Originally Posted by dk_vtr

Wurth make a product called RustOff -> does exactly what it says on the tin - helps remove rust! makes it alot easier to clean up bfore repainting.

Rost Off Ice is what it's actually called

It smells like Evergreen and does a crap job to be fair, we've got a shi1tload of it at work. It gets delivered every month and it hardly gets used

[BENSAX3]

we use it at work and it is brilliant. work a treat especially when undoing rusty bolts

[byson-ebpb]

what does everyone clean their actual engine with?? iv seen some pictures of your cars and under the bonnet looks sweet

[BENSAX3]

gunk works well

[nazz1]

Originally Posted by byson-ebpb

what does everyone clean their actual engine with?? iv seen some pictures of your cars and under the bonnet looks sweet

degreaser diluted

and then spray with wd40

[byson-ebpb]

what sort of degreaser?? oven degreaser

[nazz1]

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-engine.html

try that mate!

[RedB]

Oven degreaser?? lol

Heavy duty chemical degreasers are great
Citrus degreasers etc

Just left on for 5-10 minutes to work the magic and then wipe clean and then buff on some Meg's High Endurance Gloss or WD40