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Old 26th May 2010, 08:33 PM
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What do you guys think is best for cleaning the engine and gearbox etc? gunk, jizer or anything else?
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Old 26th May 2010, 08:48 PM
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Gunk is pretty good, alot of it depends on how far you want to go u cant beat a full strip down and wash then rebuild.
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Old 26th May 2010, 08:57 PM
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just wanna clean the gearbox so it looks good and the engine so i can paint it
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I used Gunk to clean my donor parts, brushed it on , left it a while then wire brushed everything, came up a treat, dried it then painted it....looks the business

mind you tho, watch out for splashes, it hurts like hell in the eyes ... i soon started wearing goggles after that

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Old 26th May 2010, 09:05 PM
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Personaly, I never use anything else but Jizer

Jizer will wash away with water nicely & will air dry very well.

Never been a big fan of Gunk .... Mind you I have not tried it for years & the formulation may have changed since then

Parafin ( Kerosene ) Used to be popular with us older folks


These day's, I remove the worst of the grime with a scraper, brush well with Jizer & leave for 20-30 mins, give another good brush with Jizer & then give it a good going over with the pressure washer ( A garden hose will do ).
When I am in a hurry, i'll blow dry with compessed air.

If you are ultra lucky & have access to a steam cleaner, with the right detergents parts will come out super clean
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Old 26th May 2010, 09:40 PM
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I used a wire cup brush in a drill to clean up my gearbox and it worked nicely. I guess adding some cleaning fluid would help no end.

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Old 26th May 2010, 09:42 PM
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I used parafin to get it clean (so i had thought), when i got all my parts back from my local engineering firm, they had steam cleaned all the parts, what a deference that had made.
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Old 26th May 2010, 10:21 PM
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I have a little portable steam cleaner, but it is rubbish although it does a good job it would take the rest of the year to do just the gearbox and it's not that oily, just 20 years of road dirt
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Old 26th May 2010, 10:32 PM
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you can buy jumbo electric toooth brushes for wheel cleaning, they may be a help. I used a Braun Barbie Pink toothbrush in combo with gunk and steam cleaning on a V6 I did in 2004.

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do you think the steam cleaner that halfords sell would be any good for the job after soaking the part in jizer/gunk?
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