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Corrosion On Clean Engine?

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I'm thinking of cleaning the cosmoline and other stuff off the engine on my car. I know other people here have done that. Do you worry at all about corrosion when the cosmoline is gone?

Do cars delivered in Europe via truck/rail come with cosmoline?

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It is not going to hurt anything.  Replacement engines do not have cosmoline on them.  Jeff

Thanks, what did you use to clean yours?

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Yeah Jeff...I'd also like to know what you use for engine cleaner. I just got a new oil pan to replace a defective one. Now the bottom of my motor looks beautiful and the rest looks butt-ugly. Gotta clean it. TIA, Don

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Go ahead, clean up the underside. I use Wurth Citrus Degreaser. Warm the engine up, ie drive it for a while. Put it up in the air on a lift, remove the wheels and have at it. With a little effort and a stiff brush, the Cosmoline just comes off, as does the road grime, oil, grease etc. The suspension looks like artwork when it's clean. If you remove some of the plastic aero pans you can gain access to almost everything that needs to be cleaned!

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Thanks Thegman and welcome to RENNTECH! :)

nova996 Member

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Yes, thanks, Thegman. I have the Griots engine degreaser. I guess I'll see how that works. But I need to figure out where to do this, I don't want all that gunk on my garage floor or driveway.

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What can you use to clean up all the alu engine bits.

Just been through a salt-road ridden winter :-(

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