Re: Cleaning an engine

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Ken Johnson say:

> Hey Guys,
> I was planning on cleaning the engine and the engine compartment in my
> coupe, but I wasn't sure about any precautions, so I looked in my
> Bentley manual, and I read about some kind of wax seal around the
> joints  of all of the engine parts.  It said that if the engine is
> cleaned, the  wax seal will need to be reapplied.  I want to clean the
> engine, so that I can work on it, but I don't want to have to pay large
> amounts of money to have this coating reapplied.  Does anyone know what
> this is/is it really necassary to have it reapplied?  Thanks for any help.

This probably refers to the Cosmoline engine coating used for the
Atlantic voyage.

It's pretty tough, but does wear off after several years anyway.
I wouldn't worry about it.

For what it's worth, I found a GREAT engine cleaning product.
It's from Gunk, but it's not the solvent-based spray that is
usually sold. That stuff will eat wires, hoses, belts, boots, etc.
This is a spray bottle called something like "Super Green Gunk".
It is an industrial strength detergent and wetting agent. Worked
wonder on our two 10-year-old cars.

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