Cleaning Aluminium Engine Parts

[Graeme]

Has anyone got any pointers or tips for cleaning aluminium parts like a thermostat housing etc, its only road grime and water corrosion. I was hoping there was something I could soak them in rather than wire brushing them

Thanks in advance

[djbrowney]

parts cleaner buy a cheap parts washer from halfords !

[Graeme]

Like a parafin bath? Are they regular people cheap or Browney cheap? lol

[MattBrown]

I have a parts washer here gayham.

Drop them off and I'll sort it.

[Benn]

Get one of them square bottle 5l water bottles, cut it in half, fill with hyperclean/ some other good cleaner, add a paint brush and tooth brush.. = Parts cleaner.

It's what i use and works great.

[Graeme]

Off to google hyperclean

[djbrowney]

jizzer digresser will be fine mate, its all i have in my parts washer. If you still heading down mine is sat in the workshop. Bough mine from halfords when they were £10 lol

[Benn]

Hyperclean is a cleaner/degreaser stuff. (i get it from work)

[dj_wudgey]

jizzer digresser will be fine mate, its all i have in my parts washer. If you still heading down mine is sat in the workshop. Bough mine from halfords when they were £10 lol

thats not bad a tenner lol i want a parts cleaner any idea how much they are now??

[djbrowney]

£40 now iirc

[dj_wudgey]

still thats not bad ill be going off to halfords soon!!

[djbrowney]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PARTS-WASH-SM21-SEALEY-15-LITRE-STATION-WASHER-CLEANER-/190414580333?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item2c5597ea6d

[sri888]

lydium is exellent for cleanin for old crappy oil etc ;) u can buy from morriw oils shrewsbury. try thier web site

[sri888]

[quote=sri888]lydium is exellent for cleanin for old crappy oil etc ;) u can buy from morriw oils shrewsbury. try thier web site.

[John]

I use a little wheel cleaner on a toothbrush, works well.

[mowgli]

my old fave, mr muscle oven cleaner is still pretty rapid at cleaning mucky stuff up, and a wire wheel on a bench grinder is also good