Engine detailing

[colintf]

many thanks for that Pete.

How long does that generally take?

[SH4RKY]

and if you are going to clean anything with the engine running be carful not to dangle any loose bits near the belt....

[colintf]

and if you are going to clean anything with the engine running be carful not to dangle any loose bits near the belt....

yes, very good point Ian, seriously, be very careful of any of loose clothing that could get caught up in the drive belt.

[GeoffW]

many thanks for that Pete.

How long does that generally take?

You ( yes you) could do it in about a couple of hours

[ColinE]

Ah so would take me about a week then

Sometimes I wish I'd taken Tim's approach - don't get it dirty in the first place

[pessling]

couple of hours i would say. just leave the engine cleaner on a bit longer on the dirty bits, or try some GUNK

[colintf]

You ( yes you) could do it in about a couple of hours

thanks Geoff and Pete, thats less time than I thought

[dbdee]

Here's a wee bit of cleaning last weekend over I suppose a very gentle 2.5 hours. I would NOT recommend heating the engine or doing anything with the engine running at all...too dodgy.
I started with a general gunk then a very quick power wash (cold).This lets you down the sides of the inner wings area.Start engine and let it warm up to dry things off.
Set to with a dash cleaner on all the rubber bits.A bit of silver Hammerite smooth here and there with a nice long cheap artists brush and also a wee bit of black for the pulleys and thats it.











The eagle eyed will have spotted that this is a dual-fuel car ! Autogas conversion from new. Runs like a dream with economy of a diesel !
I lovit.

Dave

[colintf]

looks very good!

cheap way to run a V8 as well

[kcv]

Good job, looks very nice.