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Hi just got me a 305 and as with most older engines its in need of cleaning "and before someone suggested having it cleaned" i don't have a cherry picker and its a major feat to move it around, anyway i have always used engine degunk to clean past engines is there something better out there or is that still pretty much the best stuff

Daniel,

If you are talking about Gunk engine cleaner, it certainly will do a good job of externally cleaning a greasy engine. My only objection to this particular brand (Gunk) is the smell and how it attaches itself to everything and everyone and persists for months! Worse than a skunk in my estimation.

Stuart

lol yeah i was speaking of the gunk degreaser

I used a solution used for cleaning paint brushes. I would scrape, brush on and scrape again. It did such a good job that the casting started to rust.

umm ok what solution lol

Hi Daniel,

I used this stuff , it doesn't smell as bad as Gunk, it's totally water soluble and environmentally safe (keeps the tree huggers happy!)
Joking apart, it's good stuff and I've used it for most de-greasing on my truck,including the gas tank.
I hope this helps

Jock

Jock,

Not to rain on anyone's parade, least of all the tree huggers, but as soon as that environmental friendly cleaner cleans the junk off your motor, it's no longer environmentally friendly...it's full of grease, oil, gas and whatever roadkill it has successfully washed off your motor. So much for 'green'!

Stuart

Yeah, well at least the "stuff" is eco friendly and everyone already knows all us old gearheads don't give a toot about trees or critters anyway. We only believe in burnin' out, burnin' down and drinkin' beer and chasin' girls. Probably all conservatives too....oh-oh!

I understand that Stuart, I don't just let all the cr*p flow down the nearest drain,in fact where I live we have a natural reed bed system for all 'grey water'.
We do not use any detergents/soaps in our house that will damage the environment.
It's a specific requirement of all the households where I live.
I was just saying the POR is much less aggressive than some of the stuff out there!
I did not mean to offend anyone.
Jock
P.S(I didn't mean to hijack your thread Daniel!)

i do have to disagree rodders are not eviromental freinds most rodders don't race their cars they cruise in them other than bikers i don't think anyone apperciates the outdoors more yeah our rods might be abit loud and may not always make the best odors or even get good mileage but in the grand sceam of the polution prob street rods arn't even a drop in the bucket

use easy off oven cleaner, wait, spray again, wait, rinse off.
soak it up after spraying w/ a hose w/ newspaper

I like using "Foamy Engine Brite". I don't remember who makes it.

I just go to the local car wash, spray a couple of cans on the engine and under the hood, and then use the "engine clean" option on the pressure wand to rinse it off. Then I spray some straight Simple Green on what's left, and use the wand some more. If you did a god job sealing off any openings to the engine, you can use a higher pressure setting on the wand.

The oil/water seperator at the carwash will do what it's supposed to do.

All this is on a cold engine (vehicle on a trailer, or a very close car wash).

56chev

I use with great success is any common oven cleaner (Easy-off)
Apply it and wait - oh yeah, wear rubber gloves cause it's caustic.
Cheers,
Terry

Daniel,

305 what? A V-6? If so you have a friend.

lol nope sorry its a V-8