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<div dir="auto">Kerosene</div><div dir="auto">I used to rinse down my race car engine in the driveway with kerosene when doing bearings or rings. Didn't have garage space so the great outdoors was my garage </div><div dir='auto'><br></div>
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<div dir="auto">On April 1, 2021 3:25:09 PM Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="auto">I have a 4 cylinder MG engine that was removed from a car in good </div>
<div dir="auto">working order. I know the previous owner and I trust him. The </div>
<div dir="auto">engine has been stored without valve cover, oil pan, manifolds, etc </div>
<div dir="auto">in a working garage. It basically just sat in the corner for a year </div>
<div dir="auto">or so. I would like to use this engine as is, without disassembling </div>
<div dir="auto">further. My question is, how would you clean this before use? I </div>
<div dir="auto">could use a hose, but I am concerned that water will get trapped in </div>
<div dir="auto">inaccessible places. I also considered spraying it down with </div>
<div dir="auto">WD-40. They make a "big blast" version with a wide area </div>
<div dir="auto">spray. There isn't any major dirt I'm trying to deal with, but I </div>
<div dir="auto">figure a couple of grains of sand could have landed in it </div>
<div dir="auto">somewhere. It seems like a rinse would be a good idea. Thoughts?</div>
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<div dir="auto">-Steve T.</div>
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