Putting your engine in the dishwasher?
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Putting your engine in the dishwasher?
Has anyone tried it?
And more importantly does it work...especially with cylinder heads, blocks rocker covers etc.
I have a few engine gubbins left over that I need to shift on ebay, if they were nice and shiny I could get a few more quid.
So far I've:-
Tried the degreaser at work, with little success
Also tried the steam cleaner and neat truck wash, which was OK, but a bit messy.
Oven cleaner works very well on cylinder heads, but would the dishwasher do any better?
I'm not going to take all teh bits to the chemical cleaners as that would eat into my profits
And more importantly does it work...especially with cylinder heads, blocks rocker covers etc.
I have a few engine gubbins left over that I need to shift on ebay, if they were nice and shiny I could get a few more quid.
So far I've:-
Tried the degreaser at work, with little success
Also tried the steam cleaner and neat truck wash, which was OK, but a bit messy.
Oven cleaner works very well on cylinder heads, but would the dishwasher do any better?
I'm not going to take all teh bits to the chemical cleaners as that would eat into my profits
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I'm not sure why a dishwasher would be any better than a steam cleaner and some de-greaser / detergent as that's essentially all a dishwasher is, just in a handy little box in your kitchen.
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Originally Posted by OllyK
I'm not sure why a dishwasher would be any better than a steam cleaner and some de-greaser / detergent as that's essentially all a dishwasher is, just in a handy little box in your kitchen.
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
Oven cleaner works very well on cylinder heads, but would the dishwasher do any better?
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I was thicking the dishwasher detergent was a bit more potent. I suppose I could dissolve some dtergent in some warm water and put in a spray bottle, spray it on an leave it to work a while before getting the steam cleaner on it.....but the dishwasher sound like the lazy way.
Perhaps I should add my dad has an old dishwasher that he never ever uses. It's got a knackered seal on the pump, so it leaks, but if I can replace the seal then he said I would be free to use it, as he wouldn't use if it worked anyway!
Just I'm tempted to try it on my own dishwasher to see if it's worth bothering.
Perhaps I should add my dad has an old dishwasher that he never ever uses. It's got a knackered seal on the pump, so it leaks, but if I can replace the seal then he said I would be free to use it, as he wouldn't use if it worked anyway!
Just I'm tempted to try it on my own dishwasher to see if it's worth bothering.
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Originally Posted by ajm
Oven cleaner typically contains sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) which will eat into aluminium alloy very easily!
Now in the same vein NaOH should be OK if sprayed on and washed off throughly a few seconds later, but I wouldn't go putting it on precision machined components, the outside of a cylinder head may be OK though.
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
I was thicking the dishwasher detergent was a bit more potent. I suppose I could dissolve some dtergent in some warm water and put in a spray bottle, spray it on an leave it to work a while before getting the steam cleaner on it.....but the dishwasher sound like the lazy way.
Perhaps I should add my dad has an old dishwasher that he never ever uses. It's got a knackered seal on the pump, so it leaks, but if I can replace the seal then he said I would be free to use it, as he wouldn't use if it worked anyway!
Just I'm tempted to try it on my own dishwasher to see if it's worth bothering.
Perhaps I should add my dad has an old dishwasher that he never ever uses. It's got a knackered seal on the pump, so it leaks, but if I can replace the seal then he said I would be free to use it, as he wouldn't use if it worked anyway!
Just I'm tempted to try it on my own dishwasher to see if it's worth bothering.
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
I have a few engine gubbins left over that I need to shift on ebay, if they were nice and shiny I could get a few more quid.
EDIT - ah, it's your dad's old one. OK.
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Originally Posted by ajm
Oven cleaner typically contains sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) which will eat into aluminium alloy very easily!
I should add this is prior to re-skimming the head surfaces
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
I know, so does aluminium cleaner - but that doesn't shift the grease or varnish. Still if the aluminum is oxidised already what harm can it do
I should add this is prior to re-skimming the head surfaces
I should add this is prior to re-skimming the head surfaces
I had visions of you spraying on Mr Muscle foam and leaving for an hour or two!
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What a bunch of cowboys Spend a few quid and get the parts vapour blasted. It's a non agressive treatment that brings engine bits up like brand new.
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[QUOTE=ALi-B]I was thicking the dishwasher detergent was a bit more potent. I suppose I could dissolve some dtergent in some warm water and put in a spray bottle, spray it on an leave it to work a while before getting the steam cleaner on it.....but the dishwasher sound like the lazy way.
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Dishwasher tablets/powder is primarily an abrasive. Yes it contains detergent and other crap but about 50% of it is basically sand type stuff that gets blasted at the pots and pans for about an hour hence the reason it doesn't take long for wine glasses to lose thier clarity 'cos they're all scratched.
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Dishwasher tablets/powder is primarily an abrasive. Yes it contains detergent and other crap but about 50% of it is basically sand type stuff that gets blasted at the pots and pans for about an hour hence the reason it doesn't take long for wine glasses to lose thier clarity 'cos they're all scratched.
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Good grief! Am I the only one who has a dishwasher in his garage for this very reason
FWIW, It's worked a treat on everything I've ever tried it on, sump pans, cylinder heads, gearbox & diff casings, the lot It even brought my old V6 Sierra's rocker covers up like new, and they had 18 years/220k miles of old oil & crap well & truly baked on to them
FWIW, It's worked a treat on everything I've ever tried it on, sump pans, cylinder heads, gearbox & diff casings, the lot It even brought my old V6 Sierra's rocker covers up like new, and they had 18 years/220k miles of old oil & crap well & truly baked on to them
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Originally Posted by StickyMicky
i cant belive people are putting engine bits into dishwashers LMFAO
I got the idea from a "4x4 is born" Apparently the presenter had problems with the WAF too
At least I'm not sandblasting my engine bits! How long would an engine last with the oilways full of sand?
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
I got the idea from a "4x4 is born" Apparently the presenter had problems with the WAF too
At least I'm not sandblasting my engine bits! How long would an engine last with the oilways full of sand?
At least I'm not sandblasting my engine bits! How long would an engine last with the oilways full of sand?
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the guy on discovery that is always building things, planes, helicopters ec ect Mark someone. i watched some of the series of him turning a old landie v8 into a monster truck 4x4 thing.
he put the block and other bits in the dishwasher very early in the morning whilst his wife was asleep. Did come out pretty clean but i think he still had it chemaically cleaned and then coted with something as it was matt grey in the next shot.
Supposedly his wife chucked him out of the house and he was sleeping in the workshop near the end of the series !!!.
he put the block and other bits in the dishwasher very early in the morning whilst his wife was asleep. Did come out pretty clean but i think he still had it chemaically cleaned and then coted with something as it was matt grey in the next shot.
Supposedly his wife chucked him out of the house and he was sleeping in the workshop near the end of the series !!!.
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