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I have a old engine from my 1/10 that needs rebuilding.
Whats the best thing to use to clean the block and that with while its all apart??

Petrol or Deisel or something??
I was just gonna soak all the parts in it to make sure that i had no dirt or anything in there from pulling it apart
 
When I was in the army, we used a solvent tank to clean all kinds of parts. I would recommend using a solvent type cleaner to clean everything up.
 
solvent.... so like something a bit more harsh than Mineral Turps or something??
 
The solvent will clean all the gunk and varnish with just a little soaking and scrubbing. The nice thing is that if you filter all the chunks out it can be reused.
 
yea lol sorry i should have been more clear.... i know how it works but what do you recomend.

we did research on it at school but like never actually used any so i dont know what brands work better than others and what not
 
If your leaving the bearings and carb in the engine, I wouldn't use a typical solvent. It will eat away at the rubber/silicone seals in the carb and bearings.

If your leaving those bits on, then RC fuel or DA are about all I'd use.
 
olds97_lss said:
If your leaving the bearings and carb in the engine, I wouldn't use a typical solvent. It will eat away at the rubber/silicone seals in the carb and bearings.

If your leaving those bits on, then RC fuel or DA are about all I'd use.
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DA??? sorry not to sure what u mean by that
 
Sorry, denatured alcohol. It doesn't have water in it like rubbing alcohol. You can usually pick it up in the paint cleaning section of any hardware store for a few bucks a quart. Usually in a tin/steel can. It's good stuff to have around for RC's since a lot of our stuff is a polished alloy of some kind or raw steel. Less moisture, the better.
 
i found methanol for $2.70 a gal, at a speed shop. put it in a manual spray bottle, i found a wd40 bottle at a parts house. the methanol may dry out the o rings, but just take it apart and lube it with marvel mystery oil. so just ask around
 
i use isoprophyl (rubbing) alcohol on my truck, but if I'm soaking the engine i usualy jsut use old nitro fuel (if you use rubbing alcohol make sure its the 91% not the 70%
 
to darkslayor24 you reminded me of something. years ago when i did a lot of carburetors i would spray wd40 on the outside of the carb 2 days before i worked on it. the dirt on the out side came off better, i guess it loosened the dirt. without a doubt theres more than one way to clean something
 
moe7404 said:
to darkslayor24 you reminded me of something. years ago when i did a lot of carburetors i would spray wd40 on the outside of the carb 2 days before i worked on it. the dirt on the out side came off better, i guess it loosened the dirt. without a doubt theres more than one way to clean something
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hmmmm think that trick would work before i went dirt racing? lol
 
ill bet it would. heres an idea, if the dirty part of the engine allways has something like wd40 in it the dirt will find it hard to stay stuck. also on any alcohol that will burn ( ie if it has water in it makes it harder to light ) in day light you can't see the flame, so ALLWAYS have a fire extinguisher on hand, be sure to put it 5-10 feet away, from the work erea. why? cause if its right on the fire it will be hard to get to. and of course ALLWAYS let the engine cool before you put any hydrocarbons or alcohols on it.
 

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