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post Jun 30, 2008 - 1:27 PM
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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...





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post Jul 2, 2008 - 8:04 AM
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Just hand torqued them with a ratchet mate, if you miss-torque them and allow air into the ACIS you will know about it - idle will go nuts! Be careful not to get any paint on the gasket too tho of course.

This was a few months ago, but iirc they were 10mm hexagon flange bolts so the correct torque would be 29NM / 21ft/lbs as they are Class 4T i believe - could be off tho kindasad.gif

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- -Samurai-   Dirty Engine...   Jun 30, 2008 - 1:27 PM
- - Tigawoods   get a metal wire brush and clean it off with that.   Jun 30, 2008 - 1:29 PM
- - zero07   S.O.S soap pads first, with verry little water aro...   Jun 30, 2008 - 7:34 PM
- - Stambo   i took the valve cover off my 7afe put a bunch of ...   Jun 30, 2008 - 8:32 PM
- - delusionz   On my old Celica with a similar engine and I purch...   Jul 1, 2008 - 6:11 AM
- - njccmd2002   or pay 55 sent it to get it powder coated just lik...   Jul 1, 2008 - 6:20 AM
|- - -Samurai-   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Jul 1, 2008 - 7...   Jul 2, 2008 - 3:10 PM
- - delusionz   Powder coat makes a nicer colour but yours looks v...   Jul 1, 2008 - 7:04 AM
- - delusionz   Looking at the pics on that page the powder coat d...   Jul 1, 2008 - 7:10 AM
- - Vince-Noir   I used a product called Autosol on mine - you can ...   Jul 1, 2008 - 10:22 AM
|- - Slick   QUOTE (Vince-Noir @ Jul 1, 2008 - 5...   Jul 1, 2008 - 12:05 PM
- - Vince-Noir   I took the butterfly valve cover off to be sprayed...   Jul 1, 2008 - 2:57 PM
- - delusionz   What tools did you use to remove your ACIS manifol...   Jul 1, 2008 - 6:09 PM
- - Vince-Noir   Just hand torqued them with a ratchet mate, if you...   Jul 2, 2008 - 8:04 AM
|- - delusionz   QUOTE (Vince-Noir @ Jul 3, 2008 - 1...   Jul 2, 2008 - 10:51 AM
- - Vince-Noir   You've got it really, just remember which hose...   Jul 2, 2008 - 11:22 AM
- - lowspirit   So after I read this post I tried to get my engine...   Jul 10, 2008 - 11:07 AM
- - 97Celica   get aluminum oxide sandpaper,fine grit,pop that va...   Jul 13, 2008 - 6:28 AM
- - lowspirit   This is what I ended up with, posting beginning to...   Jul 14, 2008 - 12:01 PM
- - Rusty   need I say more?   Jul 15, 2008 - 4:07 AM


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