and finaly give it blast with the air line for good measure
I'd hold a cloth over the end when blasting it with the air line - if nothing much comes out I'd be happy
[Edited on 15/5/2013 by mcerd1]
Hi Guys,
i turn to the locostbuilders for advise on oil pick up pipe cleaning, i am in the stages of taking apart a x-flow engine that has been stood for what
looks like forever, most of the oil has solidified its been stood that long. hence my question, i have no idea on the state of the internals of the
oil pick up pipe and wondered if any of you could offer a, wait for it, "locost" way of cleaning that would ensure that the pipe would be
unblocked (if blocked) by any hardened oil? remember there is a metal mesh filter on the end that will also need to be cleaned through (im thinking
along the lines of submerging over night in a solution of something?)
ATB
Alex
I use petrol or diesel don't use paraffin in oil ways it'll clog them up! your engine must have been stood for an age! I'm going
through the same process with a pinto lump thats been sat in my mates garage for 15 yrs, oil was fine could've probably run the engine up,
it's still turns over really well, one piston had shot rings other than that its in good condition, just going to hone all the cylinders and
replace the rings!
Hope this helps, good luck
Aaron
What sort of money do they normally charge for honing the bores ?
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Originally posted by Not Anumber
What sort of money do they normally charge for honing the bores ?
Alex, if it were me I'd just soak it in petrol overnight, then attack it with a pipe cleaner / oil gallery brush (oil gallery brushes don't
cost much)
and finaly give it blast with the air line for good measure
I'd hold a cloth over the end when blasting it with the air line - if nothing much comes out I'd be happy
[Edited on 15/5/2013 by mcerd1]
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Originally posted by Aaron_n_Sim
I don't know, I've seen it done takes about 30 seconds a cylinder so what ever it is its to much, my dads got 45 yrs behind him so I'm quite lucky. I've put a YouTube link on for you definitely worth having a go yourself the tool used is an American Flex-Honeİ around £50 delivered for 87-95mm bore I think, available on eBay from the states!
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Originally posted by mcerd1
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Originally posted by Aaron_n_Sim
I don't know, I've seen it done takes about 30 seconds a cylinder so what ever it is its to much, my dads got 45 yrs behind him so I'm quite lucky. I've put a YouTube link on for you definitely worth having a go yourself the tool used is an American Flex-Honeİ around £50 delivered for 87-95mm bore I think, available on eBay from the states!
my dad has an old hone that works well and is very simple - I'm not sure what make it is, but its not a DIY effort
basicaly is a bit of hex bar (about 1" AF) with 3 rubber flaps wrapped in emery paper bolted onto 3 of the faces (with small spreader blates to grip the paper etc...)
never seen one for sale anywhere but I recon you could make one up for minimal cost
(I'll try and ge a pic at some point, but I'm not sure when as I'm still stuck here with broken bones
A soak Gun Wash Thinners followed by water wash then if required Caustic Soda solution saok and water wash quickly followed by an oil spray
to prevent rusting
Petrol will not get rid of the black gunge and varnish and petrol these days contains a lot of nasties such as Benzine which you really
don't want to get up close and personal with. Paraffin (Kerosene) and Diesel (Gas Oil) are less powerful as solvents.
Paraffin and Diesel are pretty similar as they extracted from the feed stock at only slightly different temperatures.
[Edited on 15/5/13 by britishtrident]
another for gunwash......
Gunk or Fairy power spray or decent oven cleaner
Last one i did with some rust in the bores came up well with a spring loaded honing tool in a cordless drill
(be careful how much the bores are cleaned up using this method though)