Hey guys,
Been tearing down my e30 over the winter in an effort to make it more reliable come spring. I have a good amount of parts off of my car. My question is how do I go about cleaning this stuff? I don't want to be buying several bottles of spray on degreaser if I can just get a big old tub of some sort of chemical. I can't really bathe all my parts, so that is not what I am going for.
What sort of towels/rags do i use? Currently, I have been tinkering around with straight up excess paper towels I had laying around. And they suck, they rip almost immediately and become saturated almost as soon as I use them!
What can I do to actually clean the block/rear subframe that is better than this? Should I get some wire brush pads? What kind of whole sale chemicals can I get for this job? Or is a bottle of engine degreaser really the way to go?
Looking for tips from people who have done this, as it's disheartening to make so little progress as i move along at my own pace...
Here is what I am dealing with:
Engine grossness looked like this before I started cleaning:
Been able to clean it up a little bit so far..... but it's still very gross.
Not really sure how to address where the dipstick enters the block/oilpan
ps pump is super dirty
Intake mani is pretty gnarly:
Been tearing down my e30 over the winter in an effort to make it more reliable come spring. I have a good amount of parts off of my car. My question is how do I go about cleaning this stuff? I don't want to be buying several bottles of spray on degreaser if I can just get a big old tub of some sort of chemical. I can't really bathe all my parts, so that is not what I am going for.
What sort of towels/rags do i use? Currently, I have been tinkering around with straight up excess paper towels I had laying around. And they suck, they rip almost immediately and become saturated almost as soon as I use them!
What can I do to actually clean the block/rear subframe that is better than this? Should I get some wire brush pads? What kind of whole sale chemicals can I get for this job? Or is a bottle of engine degreaser really the way to go?
Looking for tips from people who have done this, as it's disheartening to make so little progress as i move along at my own pace...
Here is what I am dealing with:
Engine grossness looked like this before I started cleaning:
Been able to clean it up a little bit so far..... but it's still very gross.
Not really sure how to address where the dipstick enters the block/oilpan
ps pump is super dirty
Intake mani is pretty gnarly:
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