Dirty Engine... Options

[-Samurai-]

What could I use to clean the engine so it doesnt have that corroded look to it? The metal looks blotchy and dirty but when I try to wipe it off with something nothing happens...the rest of the car still looks beautiful except the engine block. I did the hoses and lines so those are pretty clean I just dont know what to do about the block. Heres a pic of what I mean...

[delusionz]

On my old Celica with a similar engine and I purchased a valve cover from a wrecker, a bottle of degreaser liquid from an auto parts store & a can of engine enamel spray paint from a hardware store & a dishwash brush from the supermarket, in total costing about 2 boxes of beer.

I filled a bucket with boiling water and half the bottle of degreaser liquid, dunked the valve cover in and scrubbed the front and back getting as much oil & crud off as possible.

I repeated this step two more times using the last two quarters of the degreaser bottle & leaving it to soak afterwards aswell. Those odd metal colours wont change but the oil sludge from the bottom was lifted and grease stains from messy mechanics were taken off the top aswell.

After this is all clean and dry I stuffed & masked the Oil Filler & Spark plug holes aswell as the PCV Valve & Vacuum Nipple. Over the course of 4 days I gave it 3 coats per day of engine enamel, here was the result:





This post has been edited by delusionz: Jul 1, 2008 - 6:16 AM