Engine cleaning and degreasing

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olderisbetter
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Engine cleaning and degreasing

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After spending a few hours cleaning up an engine yesterday i was wondering what others use, I did manage to get quite a bit off but as its a mini engine the bottom has collected a nice build up over the years in the fins on the sump.

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Re: Engine cleaning and degreasing

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Autoglym engine and machine cleaner is quite good. Spray on, agitate with a paint brush and rinse off. Good for cleaning the lawnmower too.
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Thanks for that steve i will give it a go.

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Re: Engine cleaning and degreasing

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I ended up gettting some jizer from machine mart and it has moved alot of the heavy grime so i think a few applications will do it, here it is less grubby
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