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Old 02-06-2017, 08:23 PM   #6
Dan in Pasadena
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Re: cleaning ls (maybe paint)

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Originally Posted by b-mac View Post
I've read that paint can diminish some of the cooling properties of the aluminum in LS engines. I don't know how true this is, but I decided to leave mine bare.

I used all the methods above to clean mine.
Not all LS engines are aluminum blocks. Mine's an LQ4 iron block with aluminum heads.
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