[Mg-t] Engine cleaning - need Help

[spook01@comcast.net]

Yep, Ted, he did it right.  We've used high pressure soapy water on block passages for years.  Follow it with a clean water rinse, then use pressurized air blown through to dry it.
Finish with liberal amount of WD40 to displace anything left and prevent any rust, and you're off to the races!
Remember the technology, or lack thereof, when these cars were new..and that's why they're easy to work on.

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From: "Ted Jackson" <ted at the-jacksons.ca>
To: <PopeyMike at aol.com>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>, <mgs at autox.team.net>, <healeys at autox.team.net>, "	MG-T" <mg-t at autox.team.net>, <Midgetsprite at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Mg-t] Engine cleaning - need Help
Date: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 06:12


The previous owner of my TD told me he lugged the block to a do-it-yourself
car wash and directed a high pressure jet into the water passages. He said
that the amount of crap he blew out was quite amazing.

My TD has, for the 14 years I've owned it, consistently run cooler than the
other TDs I know so he must have done something right.

Ted Jackson.
On Feb 16, 2013 5:31 AM, <PopeyMike at aol.com> wrote:

> Have had to pull XPAG engine out of my 53 TD
>
> Cylinder head rebuilt formerly by a real amateur - used different diameter
> valves in every cylinder.  Found this because the head gasket gave out and
> water got in oil.
>
> Now to clean the engine block water passages & seperately oil passages
> need your collective advise.
>
> Is it wise to use phosphoric acid in the water galleys?  Does it have  to
> be neutralized afterwards and with what solution?  Or is it enough just  to
> massively flush out the acid?
>
> Is it better to use a caustic solution such as sodium hydroxide (Draino
> crystals) - and does this need to be neutralized or just flushed?
>
> I read about some passage way that needs cleaning behind one of the freeze
> plugs - any info on this?
>
> How much does the engine weigh?
>
> Is it safe to lift it with the head bolts without doing damage to the head
> bolts?
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