[Healeys] Extra engine, break it down or leave it together ?

[Oudesluys]

Are you kidding? Would you allow your wife to use the parts washer to do 
the dishes?
Imagine all the dirt contaminating your nice and shiny engine parts!!

In case one contemplates using solvents in a dish washer!!
I would not use solvents as I doubt that the dishwasher will survive 
those because of all the plastic and rubber components used and I would 
not feel happy at all with the heating element in contact with solvents. 
Use detergents. One can experiment a bit using low foaming washing 
powder instead of the dish washer detergents of which at least some can 
cause discoloration of some alloys.

Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Mark LaPierre schreef:
> So when your doing your dishes in your Parts Washer out in the garage 
> do you use
> dish detergents or solvents.   ; )
>
> You guys must have the most understanding wives ever.
>
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oudesluys" <coudesluijs at chello.nl>
> To: "Guy R Day" <grday at btinternet.com>
> Cc: <healeys at Autox.Team.Net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 7:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Extra engine, break it down or leave it together ?
>
>
>> Guy,
>>
>> You certainly do not want to use WD40 in a clock, and most certainly 
>> not from a spray can (don't ask) but I do disagree with not spraying 
>> WD40 in a carb or distributor to keep corrosion at bay. It will leave 
>> a sticky, penetrating film that will dissolve quite easily in a 
>> degreasing agent similar to other oily or waxy preservative fluids. 
>> Anyway after storing such parts for many years you have to dismantle, 
>> clean and rebuild, whatever you used to keep corrosion at bay.
>>
>> Ah, the dishwasher, that fine piece of equipment that cannot be 
>> missed by the automotive enthousiast. Excellent for carbs, 
>> distributor housings, oil pumps and even cilinder heads and engine 
>> blocks if not to big to fit in. If the usual detergent is not doing 
>> the job the special dishwasher cleaning agents will. Blow dry 
>> immediately using compressed air, to repel moisture in inaccesible 
>> places if there are steel parts involved (WD40 will not do any harm 
>> here either) to prevent machined surfaces from starting  to corrode 
>> and cover these surfaces with a preservative fluid. Put aluminium 
>> parts in a warm and dry environment, a hot air oven at 60C is fine.
>> I am lucky my wife is often away for a couple of days.
>>
>> What about Googling dishwashers for engine cleaning?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kees Oudesluijs
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