Engine cleaning using a crock pot...

I was searching some archived messages on this board and found one about cleaning engines using a crock pot and anti-freeze.

I can say one thing. IT WORKS!

I followed someone's instructions on this board almost to the letter, and am having the same results. I'm currently cooking/cleaning a 16 year old FP .35 that had not only has baked on castor oil, but the alloys themselves have grown tarnished looking over the years.

I simply removed the engine's backplate and glowplug and dropped it into a old, never to be used for food again crock pot with a 50/50 mixture of antifreeze and water. I kept the setting on low.

Within just two hours the engine's casings were looking nearly new again, and the baked on castor oil would come off just with a scratch of finger nail pressure.

By morning the engine should look brand new again!

I forgot the guys name who orginally posted this idea, but neverless I must thank him for the superb advice. This method works fellas!

Heat is a great catalyst. Anti freeze will also strip paint of various types too. It usually happened to me when a little would spill on a customers fender where the fender cover had slipped. Panic and water usually saved the paint!!! We use it and brake fluid to remove paint in the model train world.

A key is to use a non-metalic container:

One club member uses a coffee pot on a hot plate (low).

Another uses a ceramic barrel looking thing with a light shone into it to raise the temp to the point where it gives off very light mists.

See ya