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04-04-2002, 11:31 AM
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Wash the block?
When you get your engine block back from the machine shop, do you wash it out with soap and water to remove any possible grit or flakes left over from machining? I usually wash it, blow out all the passages and quickly dry it with air pressure, and then coat all of the critical surfaces with oil. Is this recommended ... or necessary?
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04-04-2002, 11:33 AM
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YES YES YES
------------------ Steve's 70 CST Soon to have a BB
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04-04-2002, 11:34 AM
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i'm no engine builder by a long shot but i've always been told something to the effect of you can never have it too clean
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04-04-2002, 11:43 AM
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Oh yes, by all means. wash it very well. I also take all the plugs out and use gun cleaning brushes to get all the oil passages clean. Also I like to remove the freeze plugs and use a long screwdriver or stout piece of wire to clean the water jackets real good. I've seen 30 year old casting sand still in the block even after it has been hot tanked. So if you have a presure sprayer Don't be afraid to use it, otherwise haul it up to the carwash. after it is real clean and dry coat the cyl walls with a lite oil and put a large trash bag over it to keep it clean...eb
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04-04-2002, 12:09 PM
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Location: Fort St.John, British Columbia, Canada
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Personally, what I do, at work we have a high pressure steam cleaner, I wash the heck out of it, then immediatly spray it down with varsol very well. Varsol is oil based and will stop it from rusting. If you spray it down with some sort of oil, you will have a heck of a time when it comes to painting it. I do however wipe down the cylinder walls, main caps, cam bearing areas, and lifter bores with engine oil right after also. But like I said spraying it out with varson very, very, very well, after pressure washing it does a great job. Then after the varsol spray, blow it all off well with compressed air.
Reid ------------------ Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada 1970 Chevy C20 Custom Camper #s matching 402BB Turbo 400 trans. Air conditioning, power steering, manual brakes. 73,600 Original Miles!! (Add on 2000 more from raod trip!)
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04-04-2002, 12:15 PM
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Recovering Truck Driver
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I would do that, but I know my machinist very well, and he always takes out the plugs before he tanks the block, and cleans everything there, he also washes the block thoroughly with soap and water before putting the block and or heads in a plastic bag. I trust his work.
------------------ '72 Chevy 1/2T 4x4 shortbox stepside 350/350auto on '84 ralleys and 31/10.5s 67 Cutlass convertible 330, 3spd stick 90 GMC Jimmy 350/auto Chad Stephens Orleans,NE
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04-04-2002, 12:24 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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I would not only wash it, but a stiff scrub brush and the aformentioned gun cleaning kit too.
------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com Andy, in Columbus Ohio |
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04-04-2002, 06:42 PM
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The final thing to do is wipe down the cylinder walls using oil and towels until a WHITE cloth picks up NO discoloration at all. Any grit can wear out your rings in a hurry.
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04-04-2002, 07:16 PM
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Yes I have to agree, what I do when I get one back is take dish washing soap, a garden hose and a brush and go at it for a while. Then rihgt away dry it off and oil it down real good
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04-04-2002, 09:07 PM
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The shops will tell you that they are ready to build when you get them.....bullsh*t! Hot soapy water& a stiff brush. If you dont have the rifle brushes,high pressure cleaning the galleys should be ok. The bores will always have grit in them,I wipe mine down with ATF after soap & water with a lint free towel. You would be supprised at the grit that comes out! Ok, enough harping....good luck...69 longhorn.
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