Re: Flushing an engine block

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

>We are thinking of ways to flush and backflush the bare motor block.
>Needless to say, we want to make as close to 100% sure that all of that shot
>peen is out of the motor.  This stuff is evil.  It clung to the oil pan in
>small packets even after it went through the parts washer.
>Any sure-fire ways that can be suggested?  I'm all ears.

Remove all of the oil passage plugs and use rifle barrel cleaning brushes
in all of the oil passageways.

See if you can find a big enough ultrasonic cleaning tank to drop the whole
block into.

Pray.

Greg
>
>Thanks,
>Steve Schaeffer
>Seattle, WA
>NWARC

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